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What advantages did the south have in the civil war that eventually backfired?
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∙ 16y ago
When speaking about the advantages or disadvantages about participants in a war, opinions will differ on all aspects of them and whether they were indeed advantages and if so, to what degree. The US Civil War takes it place with the history of wars in history, and as with all of them are different historical opinions. Here is an example of what many historians agree on about the Civil War. What they agree on is that it cannot be said with any degree of certainty, the Union blockades had on the outcome of this war. Here we see a problem already with answering the question.
With all that said, one distinct advantage of the South was the amount of territory the Union had to conquer. As the war began, the Union had quite a task as the Confederacy was huge in size and the South only had to wage a defensive war. These cost less to wage in terms of money and soldier casualties.
This advantage turned into a disadvantage, however, in part just because of its size. To the dismay of Confederate leaders, the South did not have enough military might to protect all of the South. What developed was Union victories in areas that were indefensible. This cost the South morale and territory. So, here we see an advantage turned into a disadvantage.
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∙ 9y ago
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When the civil war began what were the south's advantages?
They had slaves.
What advantages does the south us have during the civil war?
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What advantages did the south have against the north in the civil war?
there lower
Who had more advantages to assist during the civil war?
The north had more advantages, the south had more allies.
How did the north eventually win the civil war?
they defeated the south that's how
Did the south had all the economic advantages during the civil war?
Most advantages, economic and otherwise, favored the North
Did the North have more advantages over the South in the US Civil War?
yea
What advantages did the South have over the North going into the US Civil War?
Nothing
What was the advantages of the south in the civil war?
Most of the battles were fought on southern soil
The South surrendered in the US Civil War?
That is true, the Confederacy did eventually surrender, after a long and difficult fight.
What were the consequences in the US Civil War?
the south had few to none advantages and were devasted in all ways at the end of the war.
Why did you have civil war?
we had the civil war because south America had slavery, the north did not. the south eventually lost the war, and they were so upset, they made their own country, which was called the confederacy. we just call it south America nowadays. hope you liked this answer.
