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Why did the South believe that Europe would help it win the US Civil War?
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∙ 11y ago
It assumed that their demand for cotton would keep them onside.
Also, they had heard that the British feared the United States as a fast-growing economic rival, and that some older Tories still saw the American Revolution as a bit of cheek. So the British were mostly quite prepared to watch the American democracy fail ("Trouble in Paradise").
The French had a different motive. They wanted influence in Mexico. So it would suit them if there was a new nation, pro-French, in between Mexico and the USA.
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∙ 7y agoThe Confederacy believed that Great Britain would not help them win the US Civil War. To be more exact, Southern leaders believed that an European peace initiative would help create a peace whereby the North would allow the South to secede in peace. Confederate leaders held the belief that their cotton supplies to European textile mills could be the leverage needed to intervene. It would be easier to continue Southern cotton imports than create an entirely new source of cotton from Egypt, as an example.
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the constitution
Why did northerners believe the American believe the American civil war would be over quickly and they would be the winners?
They judged that the South had inferior numbers, no artillery, no navy, and no manufacturing industry.
Whose side did Henry Ravenel believe former slaves would take in the Civil War?
The former slaves should be on the South's side to fight in the Civil War.
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They judged that the South had inferior numbers, no artillery, no navy, and no manufacturing industry.
Why did the northerners believe the American civil war would be over quickly and that they would be the winners?
They judged that the South had inferior numbers, no artillery, no navy, and no manufacturing industry.
Which direction would you travel to get from Africa to Europe?
South Africa is geographically East-South-Easterly from the USA.
What led Confederate president Jefferson Davis to at first believe that the Union would not want to fight a civil war against the South?
Jefferson Davis believed that European countries would be on the side of the south because of their dependence on cotton.
How far is eastern Europe from south east Europe?
The region of Eastern Europe would border Southeast Europe.
Is Europe east of South America?
No. Europe would be east of North America.
What did the south hope they would win?
the civil war
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Both sides were extremely self-confident, and believed that they would have a victory in a couple weeks or less.
What lies south of Europe?
Africa would be one answer.
