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What caused the American Civil War conflict?
The American Civil War was a dispute over the Union and the Confederacy. The war was about the Confederacy (the south) wanting to split off from the Union due to slavery laws in the Union.
How did the confederacy provide for its ordnance needs during the civil war?
The ordnance needs of the Confederacy were provided by stations near the battlefield, owned by the government, to make ammunition. The South, with a minimum of industry was at a disadvantage from the North in this conflict.
Was it necessary for the Confederacy to capture Fort Sumter?
Clearly the stand off between the Confederacy and President Lincoln's vow to protect federal property, did not necessitate the capture of Fort Sumter. Jefferson Davis knew that by doing so an armed conflict would be the result. With that said, the South would have continued to continue but the valuable harbor of Charleston would be denied to the Confederacy and worse, the Confederacy would have to sustain a lesser status.
What two challenges did the union face fighting in the civil war?
Defeat the Confederacy and prevent the foreign powers, especially Great Britain and France from intervening in the conflict.
Why was the war between the Union and the Confederacy called the Civil War?
When there is conflict and war within a country between it's own political factions, it is usually referred to as a civil war. As the Union and the Confederacy were both factions of the United States, the war is titled the Civil War.
The South thought they would get more weapons from?
During the Civil War, the Confederacy hoped that England or France would intervene in the conflict on their behalf. Instead, both countries decided to remain neutral in order to avoid a war with the Union. They did not send any troops or military supplies to the Confederacy.
Who opposed Confederacy?
since the confederacy was the south. the confederacy was opposed by the north
What events led conflict between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan confederacy?
The event that conflicted them is that the Jamestown settlers took the Powhatan leader and killed him. So this made them gom in wars.
How did Great Britain help the south during the civil war?
England did not provide any large-scale assistance to the Confederacy during the Civil War. Blockade-runners did manage to ship some cotton to Britain and smuggle weapons and ammunition into the Confederacy, but England remained neutral throughout the conflict.
Was the formation of the Confederacy a good thing for the North or the South?
The Confederacy led to the US Civil War, the armed conflict could not be compromised away as did earlier efforts to keep the US united. The formation of the Confederacy was a disaster for the entire nation. Historians cite the US Civil War as America's greatest failure. The loss of almost 700,000 soldiers was horrific. Property destruction cannot be measured, but in the South it was immense.
How can you use the word confederacy in a sentence?
The Confederacy lost the United States Civil War.The states formed a confederacy. We joined the confederacy.
What did the Confederacy try to do before the outbreak of the US Civil War?
Prior to the opening of armed conflict between the US and the Confederacy, provisional Confederate president Jefferson Davis tried to recruit more slave states to join the Confederacy. He targeted North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas and Tennessee. He also did not ignore Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland. Davis also sent envoys to Washington DC to discuss ways to avoid a war.
