Advantages Of The American Civil War

Railroads are not nearly as popular in the United States as they are in European countries. Prior to the American Civil War, railroads were a fairly new, and untried, invention. Compared to carriages and the other modes of transportation at the time, the railroad was far superior. Due to this superiority, they were used to transport soldiers, food, and supplies. A systemic railroad began to spread all across the nation, and both sides of the war used them to their advantage.

Throughout the American history there have been many events that have affected America in either positive or negative ways. One of the most influential events in American history was the American Civil War. The American Civil War was an internal conflict, in which the country divided between the North and South. The North, which was the Union wanted to end slavery, but the South, which was the Confederacy didn’t. This conflict led to many wars between the two sides, which were finally stopped, as the Union, led by Abraham Lincoln, ended up on top, making the country free of slavery. This occurrence brought two different perspectives of how America is today after the Civil War in the form of articles, which are called “Why the Civil War Still Matters” by Robert Hicks and “Lincoln, Liberty and Two Americas” by Charles M. Blow.

During the American Civil War, the Union was successful because of their numerous factories, population, and transportation. The Confederate was unsuccessful because of their economic failures. They started out strong and failed during the war during The Civil War. They could really only make cotton. The Union came up with a plan called the Anaconda Plan to shut down the Confederate economically and it worked. This plan was an idea to make the Confederate crumble economically. They used their navy to surround there harbors and the Mississippi to stop any imports or exports to the Confederate. The Union had more factories than the Confederate allowing them to be able to produce goods way faster. This also allowed them to make guns, clothing, and railroads. The union had more people fighting in the war giving them more troops to fight in battles, and all of the troops had supplies thanks to their numerous factories. The Unionerners had better transportation than the Confederate giving them the ability to travel through the country faster. This also allowed them to transport goods faster. The Union and the Confederate both had their strengths and weaknesses but at the end of the war the Union showed that they were stronger than the Confederate.

The Civil War continues to fascinate the American public some 150 years after the great conflict ended. It was a struggle that directly affected almost every American living during those turbulent years. Visit any small southern town’s local cemeteries and you will most likely find graves decorated with confederate flags in honor of those who served the Confederacy. National battlefields and parks set aside to preserve lands so many fought and died on can be found in every state that engaged in the great struggle. How so many young Americans found themselves caught up in the violent divide which gripped the country is the question that seems to consume the United States even today. There is no doubt that Slavery was the central issue leading

Decades of tension and rivalry between the North and the South led to the five year “war between the states,” more commonly known as the Civil War. No one knows for certain what the true cause for war was; some people claim it was slavery; some people insist it was state’s rights. The main issues included the South’s dwindling political power, state’s rights, expansion of slavery into the new

The North and the South both had to make extreme adjustments in order to prepare themselves for an all-out internal war. Both sides of this conflict grew from the same place. Despite the impulse to close ranks amid the culture wars, however, professional historians have not abandoned the debate over Civil War causation. Rather, they have rightly concluded that there is not much of a consensus on the topic after all. Most people believe that the Civil war was fought over the slavery enterprise, and they are partially right. The civil war did in fact have ties to opposition and the attempted removal of slavery in the United States, but that was not the only reason for this bloody and ill-fated War Between the States.

    The civil war, fought from 1861-1865, was started after seven southern slave states declared their secession and formed the Confederate states. The Union had many advantages that, ultimately, led them to victory. The had many political, economic, and military benefits that aided them in their victory.

The Civil War was possibly America’s bloodiest war and claimed more American lives than any other war. It may have been preventable if the issues dividing the United States into the north and south had been dealt with. Instead, these issues were left to evolve, separating the United States into two opposing

The war between the North and the South, also known as the Civil War, was caused according to Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson "….because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states.”1 In this essay I will discuss the following: the primary causes of the civil War, the reasons the South decided to secede from the Union, the advantages and disadvantages each side had, the effects of the war on the home front and lastly, which side was the victor and the vanquished.

Understanding the Civil War is very important, to understand the way America has been shaped through out the past couple of centuries. Shelby Foote, a historian, believed that the Civil War defines the people in America. The Civil War was a war involving the North (The Union) and the South (The Confederates) who had different points of view over whether or not slavery was justified. Ultimately around 600,000 Americans lost their lives during the Civil War. Almost everybody in America was influenced and affected by the Civil War, from soldiers to women, from free Africans to slaves, the Civil War shaped America forever. The winner was the North; however, the Confederates put up a great deal of battles. The Confederates not only had superior military leaders, such as Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson, they also had a strong will to win the war. However, the Union’s great Army (in size), and their well organized economy assisted them just as much as the ultimate flaws of the Confederates. Although at the beginning the Confederates had a strong will to fight, toward the end of the Civil War its military was exhausted, many deserted the military. One other key factor was the ravaged economy of the Confederates. Because they separated from the Union and established their own government it was difficult for them to ever establish a well-organized economic structure to fund the war. Instead the confederates

America has been a country divided between the North and South since its creation in 1776. For over 70 years, the conflict slowly built up until tensions became overwhelming. The nation’s leaders tried to ease the strained relationship with various compromises and acts, but they could not fully satisfy either group. As a result, the United States entered into a deadly domestic war that lasted from 1861 to 1865 and claimed more than 600,000 lives. The American Civil War was fought because of political, economical, and social differences between the North and the South.

From 1861 to 1865 America witnessed one of the most significant events forming the course of U.S. History: the Civil War. This war was a conflict between the Union, consisting of the Northern states, and the Confederacy, formed by the Southern states that seceded from the Union. In the early stages, the Southern states believed they would take over the Union but as the war progressed this proved false and by 1865 the war was coming to an end. This was the year the Old South was becoming the New South and slavery decreasing. The war produced tragedies, hardships, hopes, and many more feelings throughout the people

The Civil War was worth the costs of lives and suffering. Unfortunately, 618,000 Americans had died, but the war did preserve the Union and prevented it from separating into two countries. The Union's victory allowed freedom from slavery for the blacks. Congress recognized the Freedman's Bureau which distributed food to former slaves, established schools, and allowed blacks to settle on lands of their own. Later on in 1866, Congress passed the Fourteenth Amendment that granted citizenship to all born in the United States and those who were naturalized citizens. In addition, the Fifteenth Amendment forbade states from denying suffrage (the right to vote) to any citizen according to their race and previous slave status. Newly established policies

The fight for our freedoms today did not come at a cheap price. The North was for the end of slavery while the South was for keeping slavery. Keeping balance between the free states and the slave states was difficult while expanding west. When the south saw their rights for slavery being pushed they decided to fight for in the Battle of Fort Sumter 1861, beginning the civil war in the United States of America. During the war the north had more advantages then the south did, giving the north the win at the end of the civil war. Some of the norths advantages in the civil war was their economy, railroads, and the

The South was named the Confederates and the North was called the Union. The war brought an impeccable amount of tragedy to everyone involved “Approximately 620,000 soldiers died from combat, accident, starvation, and disease during the Civil War. In every other war the United States has been a part of they have lost an estimated total of 644,000 lives.” The Civil War finally ended after over half a million lives were lost, on the date of April 9, 1865. This war can be viewed as what defines a true American. It shows American’s won’t back down to anybody, not even themselves, and what they believe should not be taken lightly because they are right, even if they are wrong. Americans will fight hard for the liberties that founded this country such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion and the freedom to peacefully