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It depends whether you accept the Confederate claims about their States' Rights, including the right to practise slavery.
As for the North, they felt strongly that they had a right to the cotton revenues, which had grown to more than half of all US exports.
In the end, this one is an ethical question, rather than a legal one.
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What was the North's goal at the beginning of the War and why?
To restore the Union, and save the cotton revenues, after the Southern states had seceded from the USA.
What were the union objective sending troops to the south in 1861?
To defeat the rebel forces and restore the Union.
What was the main goal for the north at the start of the civil war?
At the beginning of the Civil War the northern goal was simply to restore the Union at all costs. Slavery became the main issue in the following years of the war but the goal at the start was to save the Union!
Why was the south going to leave the union?
the south thought that the north were undermining there authority and believed that the North wanted the opposite of what they wanted which was to stop the spread of slavery.
Was the union south or north during the civil war?
The Union was North(:
The main goal of the North at the beginning of the war was to do what?
Restore the Union and retrieve the cotton revenues.
What was the north one official goal at the start of civil war?
To restore the Union, and retrieve the cotton revenues.
What was the north's one official goal at the start of the civil war?
To restore the Union, and retrieve the cotton revenues.
What was the north one official goal at the start of of civil war?
To restore the Union, and retrieve the cotton revenues.
What was the North's goal at the beginning of the War and why?
To restore the Union, and save the cotton revenues, after the Southern states had seceded from the USA.
Why did they fight north view?
The North's objective was, first, to restore the Union. After Antietam when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery arose as an important secondary goal.
How The Seceding States Justified Their Rights To Leave The Union?
they justified that they wanted to be able to live their own lifestyle their own way and not have any laws breaking it. part of their lifestyle was owning slaves, which the North wanted to end, causing the Civil War.
Why was the north fighting in the civil war and why was the south fighting in the war?
The South was fighting to keep its independence - and retain the cotton revenues. The North was fighting to restore the Union - and regain the cotton revenues.
What was one of the Union's aims in the Civil War?
their only goal was to restore the union
What effect did grant and Sherman's situations have on the people of the north?
Their situation gave to the people of the North the awareness the Union was going to win the war.
What effect did grant and shermans situations have on the people of the north?
Their situation gave to the people of the North the awareness the Union was going to win the war.
What were the union objective sending troops to the south in 1861?
To defeat the rebel forces and restore the Union.
