The American Journey : A History Of The United State

The challenges that the Union and the Confederacy faced during the Civil War were very different. Critical weaknesses that seemed unfit for war, plagued the opposing American forces, and would serve to be a continuous obstacle that would need to be conquered by patriotism of the people, for their opposing views. To allow for both sides to be competitive, the efforts put forth had to mold to the varied needs of the armies by both the civilian population and their militaries. To the people in the south the similarity to the colonists in the Revolutionary War, was assimilated to their separatist cause in the Civil War and would be their drive to compete with the dominating Northern states. This mindset started the Confederacy in the Civil

From 1861 to 1865, the United States of America was fighting itself. The northern part of the United States, known as the Union or simply the North, was trying to end slavery in the southern part of the United States. The South seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. The North consisted of Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon. The South consisted of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. The North wanted slavery to be abolished, but the South needed slaves for their economy; the conflict started war. The North and the South were both prepared for war.

The Civil War that took place in the United States from 1861 to 1865 could have easily swung either way at several points during the conflict. There is however several reasons that the North would emerge victorious from this bloody war that pit brother against brother. Some of the main contributing factors are superior industrial capabilities, more efficient logistical support, greater naval power, and a largely lopsided population in favor of the Union. Also one of the advantages the Union had was that of an experienced government, an advantage that very well might have been one of the greatest contributing factors to their success. There are many reasons factors that lead to the North's victory, and each of these elements in and

The Northern and Western states fought to preserve the Union. While the South fought to establish Southern

In 1861 the American Civil War started. The country was divided into the North (Union) and The South (Confederates). Robert E. Lee was the leading general for the South. Ulysses S. Grant was the leading General for the North. The Union had 23 states which were California,Michigan,Connecticut,Minnesota,Illinois,New Hampshire,Indiana,New Jersey,Iowa,New York,Kansas,Ohio,Maine,Oregon,Massachusetts,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,VErmont,West Virginia and Wisconsin. The South on the other hand only had 11 which were Alabama,Arkansas,Florida,Georgia,Louisiana,Mississippi,North and South Carolina,Tennessee,Texas and Virginia. The North and many ways had a great advantage in the war because they had more men, more factories to build supplies, and a larger navy. On the other hand the South only had to defend their land from the Invading Union.

To begin with, immediately after the election and inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, the newly-established Republican Party’s presidential nominee, eleven states of the South seceded from the Union. These events marked the beginning of the Civil War and the war was a result of many political tensions that had emerged between the North and the South in the prior decades, all of which were associated with the institution of slavery installed in the Southern United States. President Lincoln began the Civil War with the South in response to states’ secession from the Union, and therefore, the war was not solely concentrated over the issue of slavery in American society. The North fought to preserve the Union while the Confederacy fought to

The Civil War was the war that divided the young American nation into two opposing sides. One side being the North, also called the Union, and the second side being the South, also called the Confederacy. The root cause of why the South seceded from the Union has been debated and argued since the beginning of the war in 1861. Most people argue that the argument, between the North and the South, over slavery was the main reason why the South left the Union. However, the issue has to be more complex than just the issue with slavery. The root cause of the of the South secession from the Union was a combination of the South’s aggravation and fear over their dependence on the North for their economic prosperity and their dependence on slavery for a highly profitable economy.

The Civil War was fought from 1861-1865.(Masur,L 2011) One of its main components was slavery. Many northern states fought to end slavery, while the southern states wished to fight to keep slavery and protect its rights.(civilwar.org) The Southern states economy was dependent on cotton which to them made slavery a necessity, while the North was becoming a more industrialized economy.(Masur,L 2011)The separation in economic needs helped to create a divide between the two sections.(ushistory.org) In addition to the economy, southern states pushed for nullification. They did not believe that the Federal Government should impose its will on the states. (Masur,L 2011 pg4) The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 did little to reassure the south that their rights to own slaves would be upheld and was basically a final straw for many southern states. (civilwar.org) There were a total of eleven states that would secede from the Union from 1860-1861 prior to the start of the Civil War. These states in order of secession were

After four years of fighting between the Union and the Confederacy in the American Civil War, it was finally decided in 1864 that the 11 southern states that seceded from the nation would be restored into the Union once again. However, the problems of reconstructing the Union were just as difficult as the war itself had been. Because most of the war was fought on Southern ground, the South had been devastated both physically and economically. Helping former slaves and making state governments loyal to the Union also presented various problems that would take years to resolve.

The economic, military, and political power of the Union was much greater than the Confederacy. Still, the war did go on for four years. The Confederacy demonstrated itself strong many times. Throughout the war the struggles continuously shifted, and because of that, so did the economic, military, and political strength of both sides. Although both sides saw accomplishments of military successes, at the end of the war, the bigger economy of the north, centralized government and overpowering manpower would eventually lead to a northern victory. In 1863, it was up in the air because either the Union or the Confederacy could have won the war, but the Confederacy did not have enough manpower to outlast the Union in a drawn out war.

During Abraham Lincoln 's term in office as the new president, there were some differences between the free states and the slave states. Due to this it led to 7 Southern states seceding from the Union and forming the a new nation. The confederacy. The Union and the Confederacy were now at war. This was known as the Civil War. The people from the south or the Confederacy had chosen Jefferson Davis as president. The General of the Union was General Grant. The General from the Confederacy was General Lee. Both were great commanders of the armies. In this war only one would have to be the best---The Union.

Every time there is a war, there is a fundamental question whether it was possible to avoid it or not; so it is about the US Civil War, which has been regarded as one of the most influential and significant events in the history of the United States. On December 20th, 1860, South Carolina declared its intent to secede from the Union. Its secession was followed by the secession of six additional states from the Deep South. By February 1861, the seven states from the South had drafted a provisional constitution and started being the Confederate States of America. There were too many differences between the two factions for peaceful reconciliation. The United States was essentially two separate nations: North and South, which had to co-exist as one.

The situation back then grew direr and direr, the North seems impossible to defeat the South because that the South are a lot richer than the North, the South hired many famous military leaders and equipped their soldier with superior weapons. But because of Lincoln’s great ability in military commanding and his insightful war policy, many South’s war plan went awry and finally the North defeated the South in 1865. With the victory of the Northern government, the United States became unified again. There is no doubt that the result of the civil war has a huge impact on American society, if the civil war ended by the South defeat the North, the united states would never become the strongest country in the world because the economy of the united states was relied on the cotton and the fossil fuel and all of these are produced in the Southern part. So the unification of the United states is the basis that this nation became a global

At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, two sides picked up arms against one another. There was the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy), and even though both of these groups were American, they were each vastly different. The North and the South both had their own advantages and disadvantages in this war however there was one side that continually seemed to have more advantages than the other. That side was the North.

The Civil War was fought by the North and South, in the 1860s. The North was the Union and the Confederates were the southern states that seceded from the Union. Each side had advantages and in turn disadvantages. The advantages and disadvantages of each society influenced the war and the outcome. Both groups had certain aspects that gave their sides advantages in the war such as, their political, economic, social, and military statuses. The advantages that construct each group determines the outcome of the war. Both the Union and the Confederacy have advantages in some of the aspects.