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    Why did the South Lose the Civil War? Beginning as a battle of army versus army‚ the war became a conflict of society against society. In this kind of war‚ the ability to mobilize economic resources‚ the effectiveness of political leadership‚ and a society’s willingness to keep up the fight despite setbacks‚ are as crucial to the outcome as success or failure on the battlefields. Unfortunately for the Southern planters‚ by the spring of 1865‚ the South was exhausted‚ and on April 9‚ Lee surrendered

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    *Why did the South secede? Would the North have acquiesced in peaceful coexistence if the South had not fired on Fort Sumter? Today everyone says the reason the South left the Union was; Slavery. Slavery was not the only factor that led the South to secede. In fact‚ some of the wealthiest slaveholders opposed secession. They believed‚ for good reason‚ that slavery would actually be safer in the Union than out of it. Most people aren’t aware that‚ even as president‚ Lincoln supported a proposed

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    of America. This alarmed sam Houston now the governor of texas‚ he believed that a civil war would be a tragedy for the nation and a disaster for the south one month later war broke out between the north and the south. Why did Texans fight in the civil war? Texans fought in the civil war because they wanted to protect their loved ones‚ get states rights‚ and to protect slavery. Texans fought in the civil war to protect their loved ones. There is a letter from John Wesley rabb‚ he was one of

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    What if the Civil War had not happened? The slavery system in the North America will die out slowly later because of the trend of the times or it will continuously spread out its influence to non-slaved states. It is difficult to find the most exact situation in this case. However‚ the human beings know that the slavery had existed for a long time before it was abolished completely. Surprisingly‚ 1981 is the year the last country‚ Mauritania‚ abolished slavery1. The end of Civil War is in 1865‚ meaning

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    the civil war was necessary. Without it we may have never taken the necessary steps to achieve freedom for the slaves. The southerns would never have given up there ways of life peacefully. There are many events of the time period that support my claim. The first example is the caning of Charles Summner. This is when Preston Brooks‚ a pro-slavery southern senator‚ attacked and beat Charles Sumner on the senate floor. This was after Brooks gave an Anti-slavery speech. The speech did attack

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    The civil War and what led to it‚ has been a debatable subject since 1861. One of the main reasons that the war progressed is due to slavery and certain areas that was not yet to be called a state. Although‚ the civil War brought about a turning point for a lot of citizens‚ these issues still exist today‚ and it is not based on any particular people‚ but based on government boundaries‚ to still include racism‚ poverty‚ politics‚ and some forms of slavery. Back then‚ when this all began Abraham Lincoln

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    The Civil War‚ a pivotal moment in American history‚ presented both advantages and disadvantages to both the North and South. On one hand‚ it provided an opportunity for each side to assert its ideals and values‚ but on the other‚ it brought about immense loss and devastation. As the Civil War began‚ the North held several strategic advantages that positioned it favorably. Firstly‚ the Union’s industrial capacity far surpassed that of the Confederacy‚ enabling the North to produce “weapons‚ ammunition

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    were. Slavery caused the civil war because slavery was a big issue they constantly argued over. The north didn’t own any slaves and felt it was in humane and wanted to abolish slavery. While the south loved having slaves to do there work for them and wanted to keep slavery. They argued so much that it started to split the country & finally the south said they were leaving America and being there own country. Leading up to the civil war‚ slavery

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    There are a few reasons why the South lost the Civil War. One reason is that the North not only outmanned the South but also at almost every point‚ militarily. The South was also outclassed industrially. If it was not for European recognition and military aid the South would have never had a chance to win. Industrially the South could not keep up in out put and in manpower. By the end of the war the South had‚ more or less‚ plenty of weaponry still‚ but it just did not have enough men to use the

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    The KKK was created by a group of confederate soldiers because the blacks helped the north win the war. Which is also why it was so hard to make the south conform to new laws that the government passed. As Mary Daly once said‚ “I had explained that women asking for equality in a church would be the same as a black man asking the KKK for equality”. Well‚ at least laws that had to do with civil rights for blacks. Except of course jim crow laws. In fact‚ jim crow laws allowing segregation if its

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