Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Civil War

Lexie Lee Trahan English 8 22 March 2017 From 1861-1865, the American Civil War began. It consisted of two big parts the North and the South. The North and the South had very many strengths and weaknesses during the Civil War. The civil war begun by the disagreements of how one side (The South) wanted to expand slavery. The North didn’t want any of that to happen so both sides got in an argument and that’s how the Civil War started. Some strengths of the south would be like industries and the distribution of the good produced (“Sacred Beliefs”). The Northerners point was to attack is which is what the southerners believed. They watched poverty endured by the Northern industrious group of people. Which was built to circumstances living worse

They made all food that was needed, but it was very hard to get some of the food to soldiers and civilians (“Sacred Beliefs”). South had harsh disadvantages. They also had many serious manufacturing things that went wrong so easily. Confederacy handled to get their guns firing constantly. Creating materiel from melted or burnt down bells. One of the Souths greatest strengths is that defensive fighting was very strong. They were always familiar with their landscapes. The south has a great center of devoted officers (“Sacred Beliefs”). South established foundries in several states. The south guarded their homeland. They had former officers of the United States army. They were good shooters. Had few factories and they produce weapons. They didn’t want to lose their property and had better soldiers (“The Civil War”). Some of the North strengths would be like they had many factories to make supplies for the Union army and they had a strong navy. They have 22 million people in the South. Many people to grow food and work in factories. The Northerners harass invaders. Gunpowder was imported, and they controlled the Navy. The seas were in the hands of the union (“The Civil

The association between the North and South had been infected by conflicts of their taxes (“The American Civil War”). Southerners lived in urban areas, transported between cities, not by water. The south was fighting to preserve the way of life. The North was fighting to preserve a union. They never really talked about the times of slavery for them (“North and South”). The North disapproved of slavery and believed that it was an embarrassment to a republic dedicated to liberty and freedom. The South found slavery to be highly profitable and in the came to consider it a positive good. Another weakness is that they had to conquer large areas and they had railroads and in charge of unfamiliar lands (“Davidson, Stoff page 478-479”). The North financed its industrial development through taxed imposed by Congress on imported goods. They never ever touched the question of slavery. Since most of the South had railroads they had most of their war there because of the railroads and how much stuff they could supply to their military (“Davidson, Stoff page