Ever since the day the South surrendered to the North in May of 1865‚ Americans have argued on why the South lost. Others argued that the South never had chance to win the war‚ yet more than half a million people were killed‚ homes were lost and destroyed and families were torn apart. There are many theories to explain this‚ many arguing that the South never had a chance to win the Civil War to begin with‚ for the North out numbered and had better resources than the South at almost every point‚ militarily
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The Civil war‚ which began in 1861‚ came to an end on May 13th‚1865‚ and the Union claimed the victory. But the South were victorious in many of the earlier battles of the war‚ but at first they had a strong military leadership. The South’s defeat was due to poor strategy in the military and the appointment of weak generals‚ many people also believe that political leadership‚ foreign support‚ the supply of the army and war economics were reasons they didn’t win. The North also had mountains and
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Why did the South Lose the Civil War? Beginning as a battle of army versus army‚ the war became a conflict of society against society. In this kind of war‚ the ability to mobilize economic resources‚ the effectiveness of political leadership‚ and a society’s willingness to keep up the fight despite setbacks‚ are as crucial to the outcome as success or failure on the battlefields. Unfortunately for the Southern planters‚ by the spring of 1865‚ the South was exhausted‚ and on April 9‚ Lee surrendered
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North and South: This is a very big novel. When compared with the satire of society that Jane Austen offers‚ Gaskell offers so much more in exploring the big issues: societal structure‚ economy‚ religion‚ and a woman’s place in society. There is even political dissidence in the form of Frederick! And of course‚ the moral is in the ending – Margaret marries Thornton‚ whom she once considered beneath her in class. And she exclaims “I am not worthy.” when they finally speak of their love. Compare
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It is often assumed that the civil war was based solely on the existance of slavery in the south. This assumption is generally made by people who are not fully educated on the topic‚ and are unable to fully understand each of the different factors that led to the civil war. While slavery did play an important role in the disunion of the north and south‚ the war itself was caused by disunion and disunion alone (Schweitzer‚ Jeff). The largest factors leading to the war composed of state’s rights‚
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the Civil War‚ because the North had more people able to join the war‚ better economic to support the war effort‚ the North had experience and a credit history‚ and larger navy then the south. The North had “97% of nation firearms” (Carnes 378). The South had 9 million people with 3.5 million of the 9 million being slaves and unable to join the army. The North had 20 million people and were able to have former slave enlist into their army. The North had bigger and better navy then the South. The
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winning the Civil War. The Union believed it and the other countries believed it. The Union struggled with their military leaders and they weren’t familiar with the South’s land. The struggles that the North had before Gettysburg led to everyone believing that the South was going to win the Civil War. The North wasn’t crushing the South like they thought they would. The South wasn’t necessarily winning but they weren’t being beaten so the perception of them “winning” came about. The South had claimed
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There were many reasons for the Civil War. As an example‚ most people feel as if the Civil War was about slavery‚ although recently we have found that it was actually about federal and state rights. Slavery was a small but effective role in the Civil War. The southern half of the United States were “slave states” as the north were “free states”‚ there were always an equal amount of slave and free states. The south and north had very different views and constantly got into disagreements with each
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*Why did the South secede? Would the North have acquiesced in peaceful coexistence if the South had not fired on Fort Sumter? Today everyone says the reason the South left the Union was; Slavery. Slavery was not the only factor that led the South to secede. In fact‚ some of the wealthiest slaveholders opposed secession. They believed‚ for good reason‚ that slavery would actually be safer in the Union than out of it. Most people aren’t aware that‚ even as president‚ Lincoln supported a proposed
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The North & South Colonies The North & South Colonies Russell Byron-Kelly® October 6th‚ 2011 In the 1700’s The South and the North colonies were similar but also different. The South colonies were Agricultural because of all the crops they planted. The North was Commercial because they were right next to the ocean and could send ships to England and other countries. The south helped with the Cash Crop and the North help move the cash crop across the ocean. In this essay I’ll be talking about
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