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Date Posted: 20:05:23 11/13/02 Wed
Author: bea bea
Subject: Ch 14 The Confederate Government

II. The Confederate Government
A. Constitution was almost the some as the US
1. Significant exceptions
a. It explicitly acknowledged the sovereignty of the individual stated (not the rights of secession
b. Sanctioned slavery and made its abolishing (even by one state) practically impossible
B. Davis’s Leadership
1. Convention at Montgomery
a. Named Jefferson Davis president and Alexander H. Stephens Vice president
i. A six year term
2. Davis had been a moderate secessionist
a. Stephens argued against secession
3. Government was dominated through the war, un like the Union
a. Less old aristocracy like the union
4. Davis was a unsuccessful president
a. He was a figure in government, but did not show national leadership
C. Southern Divisions
1. Some white southerners opposed secession and the war
a. White people in poorer “backcountry” and “upcountry” refused to recognize the Confederate government.
b. Most white southerners supported the war
i. Confederate economy decayed

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