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They had an overwhelming superiority in material advantages: population, industry, munitions, a standing army, a fleet, and a moral imperative because of the slavery issue.

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Why did the north and south mistakenly think that the civil war would be short?

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At the start of the Civil WarWhy do you think many Americans favored the North to win?

At the start of the Civil War, those Americans who favored the North to win would most certainly have been thinking of several key factors. For one, the North had over double the population of the South; thus, the North's military forces would at least double those of the South. For another thing, the North possessed an absolute advantage over the South both in respect to industrial capacity and naval forces.


Did Henry Ravenal believed negroes would take the side of the North in the Civil War?

Henry Ravenal did believe that African-Americans would take the side of the North in the Civil War. He believed that slaves would turn on their owners and fight for freedom.


Henry Ravenal believed negroes would take the side of the North in the Civil War?

Henry Ravenal did believe that African Americans would take the side of the North. This was a common belief among many Americans. African Americans were treated poorly in the South during this time.


What was the civil war to most African Americans?

To most African Americans the Civil War was a way to become free from slavery. After the Civil War blacks would no longer have to be in slavery, and this is why many African Americans signed up to fight for the Union army. They found this war as an opportunity to have rights, and become a citizen. African Americans fought to show that they did have loyalty to the North.


How do you think the civil war helped us give equality today?

Well, there would not be many African Americans walking in the street...........................................................................................................


How would you put Native Americans in a sentence?

The Native Americans were a very civil people back then.


What evidence was there that Americans might expand into British North America?

Evidence that proves that the Americans might expand into British Norh America was the fact that after the civil war, the Americans moved westward, following their belief of Manifest Destiny. The Americans conqured lands controlled by Mexico, spain, France, and Great Britain. The British North American colonies were afraid that the Americans would take over their western lands and that they would invade again, as they did during the American Revolution in 1812. There was a possibilty that the americans would have a majority to be able to annex the territory if they migrate into the North-West of Britsh North America.


Why was controlling the Mississippi river vial to to the north and south during the civil war?

they could trade to the Indians and to the Spanish but Spain would not let trade go through for the Americans only during the civil war.


Why did African Americans want to enlist during the civil war?

The civil war was about slavery so aferican Americans would enlist to fight for their freedom


Would it make the north look bad if they punished the south in the civil war?

I honestly think it would because the north and south were fighting for what they thought was right! Why punish the south after they have already lost the war and had to give up slavery!


Does Lincoln think ythe north will win the civil war?

He often didn't. In particular, it looked as though he would lose the 1864 election. That would have been tantamount to losing the war.