the words “civil war” make you think of? For many people these words represent a fight of good against evil‚ and in the case of the American civil war‚ the war over slavery. But these assumptions about the American Civil War aren’t always true. The Civil War was fought from 1861-1865‚ after 7 states seceded from the United States in January 1861. These 7 states grew to 11 and were known as the Confederacy or the South. They were fighting the North‚ known as the Union. The Civil War is commonly
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The South began the civil war with a bleak outset‚ their only hope being their skilled generals and the stance of a defensive war‚ but despite what historians may say it was the North that underestimated the South. Prior to the start of the war the obvious winner would be the North for they held the most ascendancy in the splitting nation. The North contained seventy percent of the country’s railroads which gave them the lead in the swiftness to travel. Troops‚ supplies‚ and weapons could be
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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 the “free states” and
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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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The Civil war was the bloodiest war in American history. The South had many advantages at the beginning of the war but they were short term advantages. The South relied heavily on trade from the North but didn’t realize it until the North stopped buying their cotton. The North had population and industry on their side of the war. The problem with the North is that not all northerners wanted to go to war. The reason the south took four years for the North to win‚ among other reasons‚ is because they
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Life in the North was different from life in the South. One way they were different was from the economy. Another way that life was different in the North than in the South was the society. Yet again‚ another way that both the North and South are different is the the geography of both areas. One way that life in the North was different from life in the South was the economy. In the South‚ the main source of economy was agriculture. In the South‚ they used slaves to do work on many large plantations
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The North and the South have different Geography‚ Societies and Economies. Here’s my supportive evidence of The Geography of the North and the South. The North experienced four distinct seasons from freezing winters to hot humid summers. The North also had jagged New England coast. And had many bays. On the other hand the South had fertile soil thick pine forest and many fast moving rivers. What was the Society of the North and South like? Well in the North many people still lived on farms cities
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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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The Civil War was a war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War) between the north and south. The north was fighting to outlaw slavery and the south was fighting to keep it. Although conditions were bad the north generally had better conditions during this war. Many people suffered because of the Civil war and not just soldiers fighting. “The Civil War caused difficulties for the people at home as well as the soldiers. Although the North
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North Versus South The Civil War was a remarkable moment in history. This war went from 1861 to 1865‚ between the North and South of the United States. The North and South were drifting apart over time because of slavery and agriculture. The North wanted a unified country but the South wanted their own government. There were many battles throughout the war‚ one of the craziest being Shiloh. There were also multiple important people involved in this war. Ulysses S. Grant impacted the Civil War tremendously
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