Advantages And Disadvantages Of North And South
Advantages and Disadvantages of the North and South The Civil War was a war that nearly divided our nation in two. We had the Union, who fought to end slavery, and unite America. Then there was the Confederacy. They wanted slavery in their territory, and fought for there way of life. So, my question is what exactly were the advantages and disadvantages of the North and South. First let’s start off with what the North or the Union had as advantages. The North had many prominent leaders like Ulysses S. Grant, Phillip Sheridan, and Abraham Lincoln, but we’ll mainly talk about Lincoln. When Lincoln first came to office, people doubted his skills to lead the Union, but little did they know he was good with military tactics. Another advantage would
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Of course back in those times the South was very prideful of their way of life. They produced most of America’s cotton at this time. Also they believed they were fighting for independence. They also believed it was a defensive war. They believed this because they were defending their homeland, and were fighting for their way of life. They wanted slavery in their states. So there are both the advantages of the North and South. But what were some disadvantages of the North and South. Let’s start off with The Union/ The North. A disadvantage the North faced was that they were fighting in an unknown territory. They had high pressure, and this caused stress for the Union. The country was split into two territories and the Union wanted to reunite the country. Another one would be some peoples’ opinions, because some people in the North didn’t want slavery to end, and due to this the North suffered high casualties to the Confederacy. Next we have the Confederacy/ South disadvantages. One of their disadvantages was that they lacked many power, people, and they had a small military. They had a small population of only 9 million people. Also they had more land to defend, and this made it more difficult. This meant they were vulnerable to attack and invasions. Plus they had an economic
Of course back in those times the South was very prideful of their way of life. They produced most of America’s cotton at this time. Also they believed they were fighting for independence. They also believed it was a defensive war. They believed this because they were defending their homeland, and were fighting for their way of life. They wanted slavery in their states. So there are both the advantages of the North and South. But what were some disadvantages of the North and South. Let’s start off with The Union/ The North. A disadvantage the North faced was that they were fighting in an unknown territory. They had high pressure, and this caused stress for the Union. The country was split into two territories and the Union wanted to reunite the country. Another one would be some peoples’ opinions, because some people in the North didn’t want slavery to end, and due to this the North suffered high casualties to the Confederacy. Next we have the Confederacy/ South disadvantages. One of their disadvantages was that they lacked many power, people, and they had a small military. They had a small population of only 9 million people. Also they had more land to defend, and this made it more difficult. This meant they were vulnerable to attack and invasions. Plus they had an economic