The American Civil War: Why the South lost‚ and the North won Several reasons exist as to why the South (The Confederate States of America) lost to the North (The Union/The United States). However‚ was it due to the South’s failings‚ or simply that the North was superior? 1. Population Population wise‚ the North had a considerable advantage over the South. Being as how Slavery was abolished‚ and African Americans were allowed to join the Armed Forces‚ this also gave the United States a boost.
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all history‚ no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics You are bound to fail." Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman to a Southern friend. "Why did the North win the Civil War?" is only half of a question by itself‚ for the other half is "Why did the South lose the Civil War?" To this day historians have tried to put their finger on the exact reason for the South losing the war. Some historians blame the head of the confederacy Jefferson Davis;
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The Civil War Outcome - Why The North Won Question: Was the outcome of the Civil War determined by the nature of Northern and Southern societies or by what occurred on the battlefield? Reason For The Northern Victory The available resources of The North and South determined the outcome of The Civil War. The North’s superior industry and manpower paved the way for modernization and the ultimate victory. The South was destined for defeat due to insufficient resources to compete with the
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The Union won 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
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Who Won the Civil War? The American Civil War was one of the most significant and controversial periods in American history‚ in where Americans killed each other and still‚ some of the past arguments on state’s rights are still argued today. Many people in today’s world would tell you that the union won the war‚ but the question should be from an economic and political view. Who was the true victor of the American Civil War? Even from a political stand point with the history we know the union
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abroad‚ time and time again fundamentally conflicting ideas have resulted in physical confrontation. The United States has a love affair with war‚ dating back to its creation in 1775 and the revolutionary war. No war however has had such a dramatic effect on American society as the Civil War. It has been said that “the although the north won the war‚ the south won the peace”. This observation although valid in some respects‚ is also a very broad generalization and is by no means without its flaws.
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Union and Confederate Advantages The Union certainly had considerable advantages. There were 22 million people in the North compared with only 9 million in the South (of whom only 5.5 million were whites). The North had a much greater industrial capacity. In 1860 Northern states produced 97 per cent of the USA’s firearms and 94 per cent of its pig iron. Even in agriculture the North enjoyed an edge. The Confederacy hoped to make good its lack of materials by trading with Europe‚ but the Union used
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RECONSTRUCTION: WHO WON THE PEACE? The North may have won the war‚ but they did a horrible job in trying to win the peace. The south had their new form of slavery‚ which was contained in the "Black Codes"; laws passed throughout the South that laid heavy restrictions on what‚ who‚ and where African-Americans could be. President Johnson saw that the only way to get the freedmen as subordinates again was to let the south back in he started signing pardons so fast that they had to assign an office
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1865 Grant continued the siege of Petersburg. Lee and his troops defended the town‚ but sickness‚ casualties and desertion weakened them. Finally the Confederate line broke and Lee withdrew from defending the town. From the beginning of the horrible war‚ the Union’s goal was to capture the Confederate capital in Richmond. Petersburg had been the last roadblock in Grant’s path. After a nine month siege‚ Grant finally drove Lee’s tired army out of that city. Jefferson knew that Richmond was completely
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Civil war happened long ago when America is not the great America yet. But the problem between north and south part of this nation is still not yet solved. In 150 years later‚ battle lingers over how textbooks explain Civil War (Washington Post) ‚ the author wrote that even today some people still thinks that the civil war is about state right instead of slavery. The reason why the civil war is still controversial is that all the education and general opinion is the north fought for slave rights
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