Essay On The Pros And Cons Of The Civil War

The American Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1865. The two sides of the war are the Union (North) and Confederacy (South). The South wanted to keep slavery to maintain their economy and they worried that the North would end slavery. The South then seceded, starting the conflict. Around 620,000 people died in the war. Both sides of the war had advantages and disadvantages in the Civil War. Population in the South was small because it was based around farming communities, putting them at a disadvantage because they had fewer people to make up their army. On the other hand, they had great generals and a lot of morale. Meanwhile, the North’s large

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.

The question has been asked as to whether or not the Civil War could have been avoided. Based on my readings I believe that the Civil War could not have been avoided. The following reasons will help illustrate why this is the case.

After the American Revolution, the plantation systems of the south greatly expanded slavery in the United States. The Southern states relied on this slave labor for workers in their fields. This created tension everywhere, politically, economically, and socially. Many felt it was unjust to own a human being and the treatment of these slaves was horrible. These tensions were so strong that it became a major component to the nation-wide crisis, which resulted in the Civil War. Non-slaving holding Americans used forms of anti-slavery agitation to try to persuade slave-holding people to see their side. After the Civil War ended and the abolishment of slavery was put into law, the problem of race was not over. It provided freedom to millions of enslaved Americans and was a major social shift in the United States.

The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history. America was split into two sides that had strengths and weaknesses against each other. It seemed they were the complete opposite. The North had more factories and railroads, while the South had more farms. Politics had a strong part to play too. The North had a better government, while the South struggled to form one. Finally, the North had a larger army throughout the 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.

Economically, the Civil War was not a contest between equals. The South had no factories to produce guns or ammunition, and its railroads were small and not interconnected, meaning that it was hard for the South to move food, weapons and men quickly and over long distances. In addition, though agriculture thrived in the South, planters focused on cash crops like tobacco and cotton and did not produce enough food to feed the southern population. The North, on the other hand, had enough food and enough factories to make weapons for all of its soldiers. It also had an extensive rail network that could transport men and weapons rapidly and cheaply. At first, this superiority of the North didn't seem to make much of a difference; like many wars

Even though the North and South were two very distinctly different opposing forces during the Civil War, there were some things both sides had in common. The Civil War was primarily fought to abolish slavery after Abraham Lincoln was elected president, but there were core differences between the North and South that caused them to fight for or against slavery. Things like climate, social equality, and the economy, were major factors in determining whether a state was part of the Confederacy or the Union. When the Confederate states seceded they kept many traits from the Union, so there were still some similarities such as technology and political systems. Ultimately, the small amount of similarities between the two sides were overpowered by differences, and led to the North’s victory of the Civil War.

The Civil War was a time of one country divided among itself because of the freedoms of slaves. When Abe Lincoln was first elected that was the South’s turning point but the attack on Fort Wagner was the beginning battle to a war between States. One result of the Civil War was that Congress put into action the 13th amendment, banning slavery. The North were fighting for the freedom of slaves while on the other hand the South opposed this and fought to keep slavery legal. The North had many things the South hadn’t such as an abundance of factories,

King George was affecting how the colonists lived by imposing high taxes. The colonists did not like these laws. Parliament was passing laws such as, the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act. Both these Acts were established to get money from the colonists to go to Great Britain. The Sugar Act, set a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies and The Stamp Act, taxed all paper and documents. Great Britain was taxing the colonists because they were in debt that stemmed from both the French and the Indian War. Parliament felt that they could tax the American colonists because Great Britain was protecting them in the war. Another Act, The Boston Port Act, closed the port of Boston until the East India Company was paid for the lost tea. This created a great hardship for the people of Boston whose livelihood depended on trade. All of these acts made it hard for the colonists to live independently and was one part of why it was so necessary for the colonists to fight for their

When the civil war happened the North and South were very different but they each had their own advantages. Within the regions each side had different resources, the south had their cotton and generals, and the north had more supplies and people. It may seem like the North had the upper hand but the South had shown that they were not going to go down without a fight.

People may refer to taxes as a bad thing, but in the late eighteenth century, taxes were good, in a way. If it wasn’t for taxes and restrictions, America might not be as it is now. The British being short on money from fighting the Seven Years’ War with France and the Indian’s, so they wanted to raise money to pay off their enormous debt. They looked at the Colonies in America as a way of doing this. They started to impose taxes on the colonies to recuperate some of that lost money. The taxes they imposed on the Colonies are the Stamp Act, The Sugar Act, The Intolerable Act, and the Tea Act. At the time, these taxes were detrimental to the Colonies, so they fought back to the British Empire, and wrote the Declaration of Independence. This was the official document that started the split from British control and the

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.

One of the most important things about the Civil War is the politics. One reason for that is in general, if a certain president is elected that can change the outcome of the war. The reason why that changes the outcome of the war is that different people (aka different presidents) have different ideas and plans for how the soldiers should attack or defend from the opposing side. Also the presidents will most likely choose different generals to command their armed forces. The south side created their economy through slaves that they had working at plantations. The south depended on this form of income. The North on the other hand depended on free labor, and was an indusial and financial center of the county. The constitution (ratified in 1787)

I believe that during the Civil War, the biggest advantage was the Confederates reason for fighting. In the article, “Confederate States Had Many Advantages Civil War Outset,” it talks about the advantages the Confederates had over the Union. The article states, “Southern soldiers derived an immense and often lauded fighting spirit from their devotion to preserving the Southern way of life. This also meant that Southern whites felt a greater sense of unity than the Northern population, which was divided on issues of slavery, politics, and regional disagreement.” This means that the South were intrinsically motivated to beat the Union and really felt a sense of togetherness and family while the North didn’t even know it was fighting for and what their beliefs were.