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Compare And Contrast The Strategies And Goals Of The North

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North: The strategies and goals of the North were much different than that of the South. Northerners simply wanted to reunite the Union. The North decided to cut off as many supplies to the South as they could. There was not trade between the two, and the North shut down their ports. So, not only could they not trade with the North, they also couldn’t get their cotton to Europe. They also took control of the Mississippi River. South: Southern slave owners wanted a separate nations free from the oppression of slavery. They wanted to prepare and wait for the North to attack. They planned to weaken the northern army however it backfired and since they couldn’t trade cotton with Europe, they thought Europe would help them. Europe had other

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