| Victory in The North | A synopsis on the outcome of the U.S. Civil War | | [Type the author name] | 11/6/2010 | | Since the final battle of the American Civil War was fought in 1865‚ scholars have debated the reasons for the Union’s victory over the Confederacy. Historians have attributed the war’s outcome to many factors‚ some of which include Lincoln’s superior leadership‚ the South’s failure to diplomatically secure foreign intervention‚ emancipated slaves enlisting in the
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Slavery; North The North during the civil war era saw no need for slavery as factory production boomed. Most of the workers in the factories were woman and children who worked for a low wage‚ so slavery was not a hot commodity. The political cartoon to the left is considered a northern view based upon how the north fought for the freedom and equality of slaves. The cartoon depicts the blacks and the whites uniting through a waltz. The definition of Amalgamation is to unite or combine two. In the
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professor every Question #1 Overall as a country the United States was dependent on their land and agricultural ways after the American Revolution. Roughly thirty years later the war of 1812 developed and soon ended. After the war of 1812 the United States was still a land-recognized nation‚ but was slowly changing into a manufacturing nation. During the development of the United States turning to manufacturing‚ the northern and southern states were divided. The northern states were known as
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The North and South had dramatically different regional identities‚ largely as a result of their settlement histories and economies. The Northern region was the focus of religious freedom and independence movements‚ and grew into large urban industrial centers. The South region had been settled to grow cash crops‚ like cotton and tobacco‚ and grew into large agricultural centers which heavily relied on slave labor. The North and South were deeply divided in the issue of black civil rights‚ with
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American history is the civil war. This battle was a battle was a make or break moment for the U.S. One argument about the civil war was on the generals. Historians are still arguing this question. Who was a better general Robert E Lee or Ulysses S. Grant. Unfortunately this question does not have an official answer on which general is better. People often speculate that question. Ulysses S. Grant was a better general than Robert E Lee because the north won the civil war‚ Grant was more dedicated
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10/21/13 7:23 PM 1. Economic and social differences between the North and the South. With Eli Whitney ’s invention of the cotton gin in 1793‚ cotton became very profitable. This machine was able to reduce the time it took to separate seeds from the cotton. However‚ at the same time the increase in the number of plantations willing to move from other crops to cotton meant the greater need for a large amount of cheap labor‚ i.e. slaves. Thus‚ the southern economy became a one crop economy‚ depending
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Why the North Won the Civil War Historians have argued inconclusively for years over the prime reason for Confederate defeat in the Civil War. The book Why the North Won the Civil War outlines five of the most agreed upon causes of Southern defeat‚ each written by a highly esteemed American historian. The author of each essay does acknowledge and discuss the views of the other authors. However‚ each author also goes on to explain their botheration and disagreement with their opposition. The purpose
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When the English Civil War broke out in 1642‚ Cromwell had military training or experience. Yet within a decade‚ according to one leading Royalist statesman and historian‚ he "mounted himself into the throne of the three kingdoms [England‚ Wales‚ and Scotland] without the name of a king but with greater power and authority than had ever been exercised or claimed by any king." Cromwell’s power arose from his military ability and his unique relationship with his troops. As soon as the war began‚ the creation
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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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The North and the South grew different way in Civil war. In the South‚ there were mostly farmers. There weren’t many skilled workers that why manufacturing was not much. But in the North there were a lot of manufacturing and wealthy people‚ they had a lot of skilled workers. During the Civil War‚ there were some advantages and disadvantages between South and North. Few advantages in the South were able to fight on it large homeland‚ they had best military leaders‚ they encouraged young males to
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