Causes Of The Civil War Dbq

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.The Civil War changed the country in many ways. Thousands of men on both sides died during the Civil War. “The Union Army lost 352, 528 men and the Confederate Army lost 258,000 men” (Doc F). Innovative ways to fight came about during the Civil War. “On August 7, 1861, Gideon Welles, whom Lincoln had appointed secretary of the Navy in March 1861, advertised for proposals for ‘impregnable’ warships, related to the construction of “One or more ironclad steam vessels of war…” (Doc H). The North was using warships to help them gain a better advantage over the South in the war.

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