Despite the North having more production and population‚ the South could have won the Civil War with a few adjustments. Notice how the South’s largest production is cotton‚ compared to the North. The North had a balance of different types of production‚ which enabled the soldiers to be easily equipped with materials and accumulate wealth. One of the major reasons why the South lost was that it spent more on cotton production instead of increasing the other types of production. If it spent more on
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sides in this war enjoyed their own unique advantages which they believed would be enough to ensure a quick victory. The Union population of 22 million was greater than the Confederate population of 9 million. Further‚ the North was better able to supply those armies because it produced far more than did the South. Agriculture was the cornerstone of the Southern economy‚ commerce and industry were more important to the Northern economy. So the north could produce its needs‚ and the South had to rely
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The North won the Civil War after a long and difficult battle with the South. The North opened the door for African Americans to be free. Blacks achieved and exercised freedom in many ways‚ but whites stopped them in a few ways. Even though slavery is over‚ African Americans are still trying to get equal freedom. African Americans want to live comfortably and have a good life while being reasonable. “We do not wish in the least to charge exorbitant prices‚ but desire to be able to live comfortably
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WHAT CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR? BY:SAMRIN KHAN In the early nineteenth century‚ Americans tend to resolve their political disputes through compromise‚ yet by 1860 this no longer seemed possible. This is because of Taxes‚ slavery‚ Manifest Destiny‚ Texas Migration‚ development of new Political parties. Before 1860 United States had one third of the territory that we have today. United States was divided into two parts‚ north and south. Between the North and South there were disputes about slavery
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During the chapter it was mostly about the transportation revolution. The transportation revolution was between 1800 and 1840 and it was basically the time when roads and canals were built to transport different things like people or goods. Next came the Market Revolution this revolution it replaced the hand made products with different power machines that could do more. In the early 19th century the putting out system came about this is when raw goods were made in homes. During the Commercial Agriculture
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these vast new territories. The map explains how much land was acquired and the spread of slavery throughout the years of 1790 to 1860. The Missouri compromise admitting Missouri into the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state‚ but also stating slavery would be prohibited anywhere north of the southern boundary of Missouri in the future. The Missouri compromise had initially handled the status of slavery before 1846‚ from the procurement of the Louisiana purchase‚ which was the first large
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many ways that constitutional and social developments caused a revolution. There are a few important developments that will be mentioned. The first one is the secession of 1860‚ which was a constitutional development. Some other constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation‚ three civil rights bills‚ and the reconstruction. Some social developments that caused conflict were the Freedmen’s Bureau‚ the Black Codes‚ and the Ku Klux Klan. One of the social
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The North-South Divide In a system rooted in competition what happens if one side gains a dominant advantage? Theory dictates that the capital will flow and that production will increase on the side of the disadvantaged‚ but what if the dominant power decides to change the rules and make its dominance more absolute? These are questions fueling the discussion of North-South conflict. Many reasons for these problems existing have been explained‚ and also many different conclusions on ways to remedy
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persistent topic between the North and the South. The northern states mainly focused on economic development‚ while the southern states focused mainly on increasing the number of slaves to work on plantations to make a profit. The article of confederation was modified greatly to support the needs of the north and south. However‚ as time went by the issue of slavery became a growing pain as it slowly destroyed the union. The issue of slavery also separated the north and the south greatly‚ some states
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In 1861‚ a conflict between the North (known as the Union) and the South (known as the Confederacy) escalated on the soil of the United States of America. {1}This battle created a war better known as the “American Civil War.” The American Civil War started as a result of many years of differences and debates between the Union and the Confederacy. Slavery was the most important issue of the American Civil War‚ in addition to deep economic‚ social‚ and political differences. {2} Ending in 1865‚ the
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