There are various factors that lead to victory. That’s a fact for all competitions: battles and wars. Motivation, environment, population, and resources seem to be the biggest factors. The War for Independence, for example, was a war where most people could predict the outcome - an overwhelming British victory. However, the opposite happened. The people without a powerful government, inexperienced soldiers, and a weak economy won. The British had a decent population and plenty of resources, colonists, however, radiated motivation and fought the war on their own land. The situation was different for the Civil War, though. Determination was shown by the South and the fight was on their land, but the North excelled in population and resources. …show more content…
The rise of the conflict leading up to the Civil War can be mapped out, which proves it was not completely about slavery. Popular opinion of republicanism helped to partially divide the nation. Republicanism was prominently found in the North; it consisted of self-improvement, equality, and social mobility. Republicanism and slavery was not a viable mixture. Northern states began to question the concept of slavery; slavery was renowned in the South, so many northerners began to question the South’s virtues (author). Nothing significant occurred from that, however, it was the beginning of the divide. Later, during Andrew Jackson’s presidency, Jackson enforced a tariff. Many states didn’t like that, especially South Carolina. South Carolina ratified the constitution, so they felt as if they had the right to nullify the tariff. They were denied that assumed right; the state then threatened secession, but didn’t go through with it (author). That same idea sparked in the election of 1860, except this time, the states went through with it. Many deep south states knew Abraham Lincoln would attempt to abolish slavery. Southern states didn’t feel as if the federal government had that right, as a result, the Confederate States …show more content…
Multiple people traveled by horse, or foot. That was especially true for the southerners. They lacked what the North had an abundance of - factories. Manufacturing was prominent in the North, which led to the creation of needed railroad parts. The railroad had already been invented for a while, however the North wasn’t producing their own railroad lines; they imported their equipment through England. Not all of their parts came from England, but most did before the workers learned exactly how to create those intricate pieces. By 1860, more than 20,000 miles of railroad had been built all over the United States (Sterne and History). Some railroad systems were existent in the South, however the majority, about 70%, was found in the North, this gave the North an incredible advantage (American-Rails.com). In order to gain intel, commanders would send a train to discover the enemy’s location. While this may seem like a huge risk, it is important to note that the trains could switch directions, then bolt off at 60 miles per hour (Koenig). There was no chance cavalry could catch up to said train. Due to such great mobility, locomotives could quickly deliver vital information to commanders. As for warfare, trains had a couple disadvantages, derailment and sharpshooters. Sharpshooters could easily take down the one controlling the train, which would lead to derailment. Eventually oval windows were put into trains. This
With the advent of Henry Clay's American System the United State’s federal government obtained greater power than in years prior. The Tariff aspect of the plan, tariffs that supported American industry, would ultimately lead to the Nullification crisis and South carolina’s secession in 1860. The southern states who agreed with South Carolina’s views felt that the Tariffs threatened the State’s Rights leading to greater sectionalism. However, the main cause of Sectionalism and the Civil War was the differing views of slavery between the North and South. The North who had never relied on slavery, due to their not really being a need for it and religious views against it, had started to develop a anti-slavery views in the late 18th century and early 19th century.
People used the railroad to get around and go from place to place and to travel. Companies used the railroad to get their products
Historian, George Frederickson addresses the blue over the gray and sources of success and failure in the Civil War. He emphasizes the North’s advantages providing many plausible explanations of why the North won. He mentions the North’s advantages in manpower, resources, and industrial capacity. The North had an excess of three to one readily available manpower. For every southern industrial worker, the North had a factory or workshop.
The North had many advantages. They beat the South in population they could draw soldiers from. The North had 22 million citizens where the South only had 5.5 million citizens. The North could transport supplies and people faster because of their roads, canals, and railroads. However the South disconnected from itself with barely any railroads and hard to move soldiers and goods from place to place.
Almost 156 years ago our United States of America was tragically divided. On April 12, 1861 in Charleston, South Carolina, Fort Sumter had been brought down by the Confederate army. Subsequently, four more states join sides with the confederacy: North Carolina,Virginia, Tennessee and Arkansas resulting in the start of the Civil War. “The Union outweighed the Confederacy in almost every way. Nearly 21 million people lived in 23 states.
The South had 9000 miles of railroads while the North had 22000 miles of railroads. Due to the benefit railroads presented to the North, it utilized this advantage and utilized a method of transport which successfully improved their effort. Moreover, destroying the enemy's methods of transportation was key to the North's ability to win the war. The war’s victor would be the one who was more technologically advanced and who wa the quickest. With The addition of railroads transportation greatly increased the mobility of materials the union needed.
The early railroad was revolutionary to the transportation industry in America during the Industrial Revolution. It connected the country from the East to the West and changed the formation of the United States and other aspects of the country forever including its economy and population. It had a large impact on trade in the United States and boosted capital, especially in the West. With these railroads, people could travel much more quickly and more efficiently, as well as, transport goods and messages in a timely fashion to others miles away, when any other means would be unconventional or much slower, such as walking or by horseback. The railroad not only impacted the U.S. economy, but it also had a significant impact on social
Throughout the course of the Civil War, Southerner’s felt as if the North was impending upon state’s rights and their way of life, which was based on slavery, was put at risk by the Union . At different points in the war, Southerners felt that the Union posed a bigger threat than before, especially after Abraham Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation speech. The Civil War was not only fought by free Americans, but as times changed, enslaved people also took up arms alongside the Union and fought the Confederacy. The inevitable Civil War resulted in the South’s demise and them rejoining the Union. When the Southern States began to secede, they felt as if the Union and Northern Democratic party we’re threatening the lifestyle they had grown so used to.
As new states became free states, the pro slavery cultures viewed these motives as undermining of their system. When Republican President Lincoln became elected in 1861 the south went into a panic and began succeeding from the Union. The war took off in a effort to rejoin the states. In the beginning of the war, slavery wasn’t touched. Blacks that fell into Union hands were returned
The North had the factories to construct more advanced trains giving them and advantage during the war.(“HowStuffWorks”) The war was decided through who controlled more of the railroad
Transcontinental Railroad Tera Richardson, 4336787 History 102 B008 Sum 17 Professor Traci Sumner American Military University July 22, 2017 Abstract The transcontinental railroad was one of the biggest advocates for the industrial economy and westward expansion. The railroads could transfer goods and people across the country with ease, and quickly. While some bad came from this miraculous progression, such as the panic of 1873 and a yellow fever epidemic, the good outweighed the bad as it enabled the United States to fulfill its Manifest Destiny through westward expansion.
After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the rise of the Republican party, Southerners feared the tipping of the balance of political power against them; their need for self-determination parallel the colonists’ belief of rebelling against the oppressive government of Great Britain. However, the Civil War represented something more: the clash of the feudalistic, agrarian South with the industrialized, capitalistic North. These two powers differed socially, politically, and economically, and were especially conflicted over slavery. These two sections of the United States were divided against one another, and could not survive this way. Therefore, it is more accurate to state that though the Civil War resembled some aspects of the American Revolution, it was a clash between two forces who could not exist with one another in their current state, leading inevitably to conflict between the
The Civil War The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history with over 600000 American deaths reported. This war was fought to keep the Confederate States from leaving the Union. The Union won because they had a telegraph system and had more resources. The effect of the Union victory has had a large impact on society.
The North had many advantages over the South the helped them win the civil war. These reasons included a central leadership, more resources, and recruiting black men for their armies. These reasons helped the North win the civil war and play a big part in how successful they would be. With having advantages, better tactics when fighting, and also a higher population, the North would use strategic planning to fight the South and ultimately win the civil war.
A question that everyone asks themselves. What if the outcome of the civil war would have been different? What if the south would have won the war? The nation as we know it would be different. First off, all the trigger events in the civil war would have changed.