The Disadvantages Of The South During The Civil War
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In 1861 the United States was splitting apart. The South felt it was necessary to secede from the Union. There was no doubt that secession would provoke civil war. The South didn’t have many resources and had a lower population. There was the South’s weakness of Nationalism. The North had ....
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.... an overwhelming advantage of numbers, which increased as new immigrants came to the North. This made the numbers of the Union Army much higher than the numbers of the Confederate Army.
The South’s economy was more agricultural, based around the institution of slavery. The North’s economy was more industrial. The North could supply their army with clothes, food, and firearms much easier than the South could. The North had more industries and supplies. The Union had approximately 1,300 ....
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