The United States Of America

From the beginning of the war, the Confederacy placed great hope in being recognized and supported by Great Britain and France. European intervention in the conflict remained a strong possibility, but when it did occur, it was not in a way anticipated by either the Confederacy or the Union.

The time leading up to the Civil War was plagued by extreme sectionalism between the North and South caused by major social disagreements, as well as economic and political differences. The differences between the regions contributed both to the start of the war and the war’s outcome. In the years 1861-1865, the North and South each had significant advantages and disadvantages during the Civil War. Although the South’s passion for the “southern cause” was very strong, the Union also presented a huge commitment to the war and their values.

However this effected the South because they failed to grow their industrial platform. The North had 66% of railroad mileage when the South had only 34%. This shows by far that the North was more industrialized than the South. Since the Union had more mileage of railroad they were able to have their men, food, and materials transported for a long distance in a short period of time. Unlike the North the South was unfortunate to not have such an advanced railroad. The South was able to transport some distance but not nearly the amount of mileage the North could cover. This shows very clearly the South simply lost the war due to their lack of interest in improving their resource industry and industrial

The South had assumed that France and Britain will support the South in the war. The South were on good terms with both France and Britain, so they expected both countries to help solve the problem between France and Britain, and to let the Confederate to be its own country. At first, they two countries were planning to help. However, in the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln reminds Britain and France the Confederate is a slaveholding country. Britain and France both hate slavery, and after hearing this, stopped all support towards the

Supplies was another factor that lead to the Unions victory over the Confederacy. The North had many factories that produced goods and supplies which were needed to keep the Union in the battle. The South had inadequate amounts of supplies because the focused more on farming and less on the production of goods. The goods that the North had that helped them during the war was guns and ammunition, blankets, dog tents, utensils, tin plates and cups, and canteens. Guns and ammunition played a large role in the Unions victory.

A victory at Gettysburg would not have made a difference for the North because of the economic factors that benefited the Union. For example, the North as a collective unit had more wealth (3:1), fire armed production (32:1), and manufactured goods (11:1). (Schwartz, 04/30/2015) Furthermore, there was a disproportional amount of people in the Union with 22 million compared the Confederates 9.1 million. (Schwartz, 04/20/2015). In contrast to the South, the North did not depend solely on exports rather a combination of farming as well as the ability to produce manufactured goods. As a consequence, the Union had a stronger economy in terms of resources than the Confederates

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

By 1861, eleven southern states had seceded from the United States of America. The Civil War should have been an expeditious Union victory. Not only did the Union contain twice as many states, and have at least three times more freed people, but ninety percent of all factories were in the North, and ninety-seven percent of all guns used in the Civil War were produced in the North. The Confederate Army was more successful than anyone believed it should have been because of its soldiers and leaders, the Confederacy’s enslaved population, and ability to not be defeated in important battles; these things lead to the extensiveness of the Civil War.

President Lincoln quickly realized that the South's tremendous agricultural wealth represented a significant strategic advantage if they chose to leave the Union and he was forced to suppress what he viewed as an internal insurrection (Surdam, 2001, p. 1). Lincoln was aware that Europe and other countries had become dependent on raw cotton imports from North America and were therefore potential commercial and military allies of the Confederacy. In addition, English aristocracy hoped for a diminution of the power of its greatest naval competitor, the United States, and an end to dreams of democracy in the New World (Woldman, 1952, p. 84-85). Russians were concerned about the breakup of the Union for the opposite reason, since it viewed the commercial competition between the U.S. and Britain as a

In the beginning, the Union certainly appeared to be ahead of the Confederate. The North’s population was a major advantage. Around 22 million people lived in Union states. President Lincoln’s leadership in leading the Northern states geographically and politically made the North look superior to the rest (Kramer 119). Coal and iron came from Union mines making the North better in industrialization as well. The urbanization in the Northeast helped tremendously in terms of manufacturing. With the help of immigrants coming in from European countries and mechanized factories, the North was able to make more ammunition, arms, uniforms, medical supplies, and railroad cars. Throughout the war there was a steady flow of blacks fleeing to Union armies (Lapsansky-Werner 360). In the end, the North raised an army of about 1.5 million men. The Northern armies were better fed, armed, and clothed (Farmer). With all

In May of 1861 five states in the upper south United States seceded from the Union and joined the seven states already seceded and created the Confederate States of America. This was the beginning of the Civil War; it was the Union against the Confederates. Many People believed that the war would be over quickly they thought it was more of an uprising then a full on war. Nobody expected it to last four years and take so many lives. The Civil War was a serious test for the new democracy of the United States, it tested the strength of the government and all of the people involved. This would be a defining moment for the United States.

Probably to everybody’s shock, nobody could have imagined how poorly executed the 45th’s President Executive Order shortly after it was established. Any person, who is from one of the seven designated Muslim countries in the Middle East, are not allowed the right of entry into the United States of America. People like Syrian Refuges are ban indefinitely until the 46th POTUS reverses that order, who are seeking nothing but a better life. This affects everything from our aid in the fight against ISAL, to what message we send to the entire world. If one were to put their own feet into a Syrian Refuge, or simply a Muslim, how would one perceive they as human beings

The United States of America was built on the equality of human beings as an entire race. Throughout every decade the liabilities and rights of our government are shifted into a new way of thinking in legislature. The political cartoon chosen impacts our society today in one of the largest political debates of our generation in the eyes of those who have personally had to deal with the cause. Without artists creating political cartoons to advertise around the world, we would have no way to express the undeniable importance of the movement to allow same-sex marriage in The United States. This specific political cartoon not only shows how little Americans today feel as if they can trust their own government, explains the privacy that this matter should be dealt with, and last but not least presents the argument of how our government is not following through with their promise to our country for political reform.

The United States of America has long been a country formed not by indigenous people, but by immigrants from all around the world. Immigrants that have helped shape the United States into the place many of us call home. A home that many individuals considered the land of the free due to the freedom of speech, religion, and press that our foreign founders have bestowed onto us. A home that consist of unjustified hate toward the Latino immigrants. Latinos have been backlashed by the U.S first by racist immigration laws in Arizona. A law that clearly states, “ A law enforcement officer, without a warrant, may arrest a person if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed any public offense that makes the person

The United States of America has always been projected as a developed and liberalized nation when it is compared to other countries. China, for instance, is a very strict and still developing nation. However, that is not the case. Environmentally, the USA and China both undergo horrible air pollution that affects not only the land, but the people as well. Since both nations make up the majority of the world’s population, it is important to focus on the health and living conditions of all inhabitants.