Economic Advantages And Disadvantages Of The Civil War

The North’s and the South’s economy had a hard time during the war.The North put their navy all around the

The differences of economies between the north and south were important and led to civil war because it separated the north and south. The problem behind the different economies was the different interests that the north and south had. The north wanted to pass tariffs and tax imports from Europe to help American businesses, such as industries. The south, however, was against tariffs because they traded with the British, the French, and other European powers. This trade helped the

The North and the South were prepared to fight a war because of the political advantages each side possessed. The North had an advantage because they had an established, working government. The South had to create a new government after they seceded from the Union. The North’s government had over seventy years to fix any problems in their government. The South also had a political advantage; they were defending their land. This gives the South

The United States began as a united country and the concept of America had revolved around unity and freedoms. However, when the north and the south began to view slavery differently, the United States changed forever. The north wanted African American slaves to be released as free men while the south wanted the keep slavery to work in the fields. The north wasn’t completely against slavery due to the fact that the north would get the cotton from the south which was picked by slaves which were used in factories. However, in the Blue Over Gray: Sources of Success and failure in the Civil War, George M. Fredrickson the author is expressing his thoughts on the advantages the north had such as greater population and resources. “The north’s advantages in manpower resources and industrial capacity were clearly overwhelming.”. In James M. McPherson’s article, Why the North Won explains the north's victory from a military perspective, he explains the north reason for victory and the souths reason for the loss. After the war, the articles in Hollitz express their thought on advantages, disadvantages, and outcomes of the civil war to end slavery.

Slavery was merely one of the causes of the Civil War. Some historians argue that the political difference between the North and the South is a more influential cause of the Civil War while some insist that economic is the main cause. In fact, the political division between the North and the South was affected by the differences in the economic system of both. The North and the South had had different economic backgrounds that were established since the American colonial period. These economic differences from the colonial period brought about the political division that was based on preserving each other’s own wealth or property and eventually caused the Civil War.

One of the biggest advantages the North had was the railroad system. The North had a lot more railroad on its side, which could move anything from soldiers to supplies to weapons. The South’s economy had gone downhill due to blockades on southern exports. No foreign country would ever have loaned money to the south because nobody had any idea if the south would make it through the war. At the end of the war, the southern economy was completely destroyed after making so many economical mistakes and having so much of their property destroyed.

The available resources of The North and South determined the outcome of The Civil War. The North’s superior industry and manpower paved the way for modernization and the ultimate victory. The South was destined for defeat due to insufficient resources to compete with the North. Once The North decided to fully utilize their industrial advantage, The South was doomed.

Differences: The North had 22,000,000 troops and the South had only 9,000,000. During the battle the North had twice as many soldiers then the South. But, during the battle the South had about 3,500,000 slaves as their help, during the battle. 92% of the nation’s industries were in the North, very little industrial development, mostly an agrarian economy in the South. The North had 75% of the nation’s wealth banking, manufacturing, and shipping. Most of the wealth in the South was in land and in slaves. The cause for fighting was to preserve the Union at first. Later the emancipation of slaves. The South’s was to gain independence and to protect their way of life including slavery.

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 differences in manpower and industrial capacity were so profound that the fact that the South almost won the war was a shock to observers all over the world. On paper, there was no way that the South could possibly have stood up to the North, which had all of the material and financial advantages, and which did an excellent job of closing off the only advantage the South did have: cotton. Since most of the South's money came from exporting cotton the North aimed to shut this trade down. One of the very first things the Union government did was to blockade southern ports. The blockade took some time to become operational, but after the capture of New Orleans the amount of southern cotton exported to England plummeted. With it went the South's only consistent form of income, something it desperately needed to defeat the

After they used economic advantages. The economic strategy was to try to make sure the confederates couldn’t get supplies.It is stated by Elizabeth Foster that “The Union chose an offensive strategy that combined attacks on the confederate territory with economic pressure.” The North had an advantage because the military produced more coal, iron, wool, and what which increased the North’s economic growth.They also had more farms and factories in the North.. The North’s social advantage was the network of railroads and canals.  It is stated in (Michigan History 512) that the north had 22,000 miles of routes for canals and railroad tracks.This could move soldiers and supplies throughout the North.This was one of

The North and South had political advantages that would help them win battles. The North had a better political structure. Before the South had seceded there were many laws that Congress could not pass because the South feared it could hurt their economy. Since the South succeeded congress in the North passed laws like the Homestead Act, which opened up public-domain lands for families in the Union (Government During the Civil War). Congress in the North also passed the National Banking Act. The National Banking Act allowed the North to produce currency that they could use to fund things like weapons and food for the Civil war. Although the South did not have as many political advantages as the North, they still had unique features that the North did not have. The South had a “war-tax” that they would collect. They would use

There were some major differences between the northern and the southern states that led to the Civil War. Social, economic, and political compositions contrasted significantly between the two territories. You might say they were absolute polar opposites. War was inevitable.

    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.

In the Civil War the North had many advantages over the South. The South was outnumbered, out supplied, and pushed into a corner using military tactics. Many things changed because of the Civil War. The military tactics used by the North changed how war was fought from then on. Many changes were made politically; some were only temporary, while others were permanent. After the war was over, the country was reunited and the image of the soul and duty of our country redefined.