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1. FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE US CIVIL WAR Dethroning King Cotton, The Decisiveness of Diplomacy, pp. 471-473

Why did the South expect to intervene in the Civil War on its behalf, and why didn’t Britain do so?


 * Britain's economy relied on the South's cotton, and Britain would have wanted America to be split in half. Britain had already declared that slavery was wrong, and much of the population was against it. **

What role did Britain play in the war?

And thinking back to the Emancipation Proclamation, why was issuing this document a masterful move on Lincoln’s part?
 * Britain sent guns and other ammunition/ money to the south, up until a point where suspicions were occurring. **


 * The war transformed in to a moral war which means that Britain could no longer side with the South because of economic reasons. **