There were various reasons as to why the South suffered a major downfall, and loss in the American Civil War. The South did have several advantages from its vast amount of land, to its trained soldiers who possessed many skills, to its knowledge of the land since it was familiar land to them. However, the North had various advantages from it advantages in both their amount in soldiers and resources, to the having great financial resources, to being higher than the South industrially, to having a strong navy, and to having more railroad systems and a greater leader. Both also had disadvantages, from the South having fewer factories, to having a smaller population compared to the North because almost one-third of the population was made up …show more content…
The last reason would be they were outnumbered or basically outmanned, and lacked in resources, factories, and transportation that would help them during wartime, compared to the North. So basically the three reasons the North won and the South lost was because of the economy and financing, overpowering manpower of the south, and centralized government, or lack thereof by the South.
“For better or worse, the political philosophies underlying the creation of the Confederate States of America, with its emphasis upon a strong state and a weak central government, coupled with its vast investments in a slave-labor-based agricultural economy, meant that the South had neither the ability nor the desire to develop the kind of industrial economy or centralized financial system required to sustain a “modern” war. By contrast, the Union’s willingness and ability to vastly increase the influence and footprint of the federal government not only contributed directly to its military success in the war, but it also transformed many other areas of national life, including industrial, economic, agricultural, mechanical, and financial realms.” (“Industry and Economy during the Civil War”) The Confederates States of America, was established by eleven states that left the Union. The Constitution for the Confederacy protected slavery, by viewing slaves as mere property. Also, they were devoted to a free market. The South believed in states’ rights. “A consistent source of tension was
Second, The south would lose to the North in a war. According document 2 civil war graphs “the North had a better population, A higher number of soldiers, A higher number of factories, and they had a better railroad system.” The North had more people, they had more people to fight if there was a war, they had more buildings, and they had a
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
First off, the north had more resources. This can easily be seen when looking at the North versus South chart. The chart shows different types of resources, such as workers, factories, railroads, firearms, and a few other useful things that are needed for a war. The graph then shows a bar graph for each of those resources, showing in each one, that north has a big advantage over south with that resource. Firearms, for example, is a resource
For one, the North wasn’t as united as the South. While the Confederacy fought for their way of life, the North fought for politicians (Confederate States). They were also fighting in unknown territory. In order to win, they would have to seize control over a large area of land (Davidson and Stoff pg 488). Finally, the North couldn’t find a good military leader for most of the war. Most of the military colleges were in the South, so the North was at a huge disadvantage in leadership and skill (Confederate States).
The North was much comfortable society, in control of 70% of the countries wealth. The Confederates were all too willing to sell what little raw resources they controlled to the North for any amount of profit. This would only buy the South time, but not the war. Due to the Northern naval blockades, tariffs and printing paper money with no specie to back it up causing the Southern dollar to plummet and made overseas countries reluctant to loan money to a failing economy. This made it to expensive for the South to import goods from overseas and forced them to rely on the booming Northern economy.
The Confederate Constitution put too much emphasis on individual and states rights and did not stress the responsibilities of the individual or the state to the federal government.
Because many citizens in the southern United States felt overpowered by the northern United States, it led into the Civil War. The controlment by the north over the south can be shown in this quote from Hinton Helper in document C, “we are dependent on Northern capitalists for the means necessary to build our railroads, canals, and other public improvements.” This conveys the idea that in contrast with the north, the south was less influential in decision making. They had to rely on the north to obtain goods and resources, and inventions were often decided to be made by the north. This was because the economy of the northern, free states was based on industries and business, so it was their job to maintain the production of goods, and make
After the Civil War, the north and the south were facing many problems like short in supplies and resources.
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
.The North which is the Union and the South which is Confederates both had very good strategies and advantages that helped them win the many battles The first advantage had to do with politics. The North's political goal was to was to reconquer Confederate territory and force the South to rejoin the nation. There advantage was that they had more people then the confederates. It is stated in (Michigan History 512) that the Union has over 22 million people. The North had a better advantage over the south because of the amount of people they have. They used combat to try to get them
By the 1860s, neither the North nor the South was prepared for a major war. However, while the north at least had a functioning government in place, more resources to begin with, and a more effective leader, the South had virtually nothing in comparison. They lacked infrastructure and population to serve in the military, their finances were in shambles, and they had a weak leader. These factors played a great impact in determining the outcome of the war.
People believe several different reasons led to the South’s loss of the Civil War. However, I believe the main reasons were lack of sufficient assets in comparison to the North, low morale, and lack of strong military commanders. In the beginning of the Civil War, it may have been perceived as leaning in favor of the Confederates. However, it was very obvious in the second half of the war that the Union was in favor due to the incomparable counterparts.
The South lost the civil war and I know why. The battle was in between the north and the south. The south wants to break free while the north wants them to stay. The reason the south lost was because the north had more production and population, the farm production, and “Lincolns Declaration of Freedom.” (Doc 4)
The main reasons why the North defeated the South was that they had a shortage of men. Lee said, “They fought so badly because the North had more men.” (145). Also, the North had more access to weaponry and had a strong military morale. “The north produced 97% of the United States firearms,” (145). The leadership of is one of the
When we think about the Civil War, we have to wonder what if the South would have prevailed. Where would we be now? There were a lot of factors that went into the defeat of the South. Like any team and like modern teams now it came down to who wanted it more? The North did just about anything to defeat the south. I believe the North was an established country. They adapted and taught each other how to work together. Their colossal size man power was stronger and mixed with all races. "The North's advantages in manpower, resources, and industrial capacity were clearly overwhelming."(Hollitz pg288) The North asserted the freed slaves to join them in their Fight. Whereas the South did not and waited a while before resorted to allowing the black