The Resources Available to Those At Risk of Poverty in Clitheroe’s Cotton Famine

Cleveland cotton famine was facing poverty risk In 1860, the Lancashire cotton area peaked, and by 1861 the economic and people's welfare collapsed rapidly. The American Civil War in 1861 not only brought terrible results to American civilians and more than 4 million slaves, the northern port shuts down the southern port and the factory receives raw cotton supplies It hampered. The mill imports cotton from other countries, but social factors like Indian farmer economy are equal to supply slowdown and inefficiency.

Between 1861 and 1865, the blockade of the Union blocked most of the supply of cotton to the French textile factory, leading to famine (cotton famine). The cotton price of Alsace, Northern Padkale, Normandy Mills doubled in 1862 and many workers were forced to be laid off. As a result, many French industrialists and politicians want a quick federal victory. The French government believes America's war is a relatively small problem, but France has made many diplomatic efforts in Europe and around the world. Emperor Napoleon III was interested in trade in Central America and planning across the Atlantic Canal. He knows that the United States is strongly opposed to accepting his plan to establish a new empire in Mexico his army landed in December 1861.

When the war began, the Navy wished for military intervention in England and France. Regarding King cotton, the Confederates leaders did not notice that Britain did not rely on southern cotton and that the UK stockpile continued to develop alternative sources of cotton, especially India and Egypt . The North does not want to enter the United States to gain more cotton at risk of losing much of the food imported from the north. At the same time, the federal government lost control of its foreign policy when cotton producers, factors and financiers voluntarily decided to prohibit exporting cotton to Europe in the beginning of 1861. This is a very expensive mistake that caused the federal government to lose millions of dollars. He urgently needed cash