US Civil War

The South had two major disadvantages in the US Civil War. One was that their troop strength could never match that of the Union's , The North had over 23 million people compared to 11 million in the South. Also, the North's manufacturing capability could not be matched by the cropland economy of the South. These Confederate disadvantages were the advantages of the North. ...

Southern Advantages (Northern Disadvantages) Fighting a Defensive War To stand on the defensive meant that the North had to invade and carry the fight to the South. This allowed the South to prepare and receive the enemy, although Lee was not a passive man by any standards. The South did not have many advantages, but just like in the American Revolution, it's very difficult to conquer an area. Essentially the South only had to muster the will to keep fighting until the North felt...

Slavery The primary reason for the Civil War was the issue of slavery, more importantly the economic value it had to the South. The secession act of South Carolina specifically mentions that the North wanted to take away the property (slaves) of the South. The North's economy was not dependent on slavery and did not see the existence of the "peculiar institution" as the South did. However, it is important to remember that by no means was every Northerner an abolitionist; in fact,...

The Dred Scott decision effectively ended the Missouri Compromise, hardening the political rivalry between North and South and paving the way for the Civil War. It determined slaves were not citizens of either their state of residence or the US, and therefore couldn't bring suit against their "owners" in court. According to Chief Justice Roger Taney, slaves were property, not humans. The Supreme Court's ruling resulted in major violence, stirring the deep‐seated emotions in the already heated battle of race relations in the United...

The major effect of the Great Depression and the New Deal on America was expanded government intervention into new areas of social and economic affairs and the creation of more social assistance agencies at the national level. The relationship between the national government and the people changed drastically. The government took on a greater role in the everyday social and economic lives of the people. The New Deal programs of FDR also created a liberal political alliance made up of labor unions, blacks...

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. President Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809. for the first time in my lif e i know the answer okaiie ready here it is abrham Lincoln was born on the 12th of February 1802 and freed all the blacks from slavery ...

The usual - drinking, gambling, fighting. Confederate troops under Magruder were allowed musical and theatrical entertianments. Union troops under Joe Hooker were allowed so-called 'Horizontal Refreshment'. ...

The well-meant attempt to put the slavery question to a local vote in each new state. When they tried it in Kansas, the voters were intimidated by mounted terrorists from outside the state. This demonstrated that the slavery question was likely to spark a war. ...

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The Confederates were the south. The Union were the north.

to improve sanitary conditions for soldiers. They set up hospitals trains and ships to move wounded soldiers from the battlefield ...

Since a Pyrrhic victory is defined as a "victory with devastating cost to the victor", the opposite can either of two things; "a loss with devastating cost to the victor" (in which the perspective is opposed to the Pyrrhic Victory) or "a victory with devastating cost to the loser". In the case of the former, one could say that this is exactly the same as a Pyrrhic victory, but seen from the losing side. This is comparable to a 'heroic failure'. In the case...

Mao Tse Tung (Mao Zedong) in 1949. ============================ The above answer is the year in which Mao Tse Tung was the leader of China when it became a comminist country. The date was October 1, 1949. Mao had had a long history with the Chinese communist party. Most historians have said that he took over the leadership of the Party in 1934. In that year he was the primary political & military leader of the Communist Party. ...

Besides spices and cotton textiles, gems and precious stones were traded ...

Because the new state of California extended so far either side of the Missouri line that it could not fit the terms of the Missouri Compromise. A new compromise had to be worked out, and this one did not last. ...

The economy of the south depended on cotton, which was the largest export of the United States. Tobacco was the #2 crop in most of the south. ...

Several areas. All along the southern seacoast the US Navy tried, throughout the war, to enforce a blockade, to prevent supplies from abroad getting in to the Confederacy, and to prevent the Confederates from exporting goods to raise cash. Southerners, mostly private individuals but some government efforts, responded by fitting out fast ships to run the blockade, to export goods and import needed supplies. In the Civil War the "east" was the area between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coast, and the...

Many thought that it would be like heaven. But, while working as slaves they had no real idea of what freedom would be like. A free person from a less-developed, less-educated background, when captivated, wouldn't know what freedom meant. However, after gaining their freedom, many migrated to the cities, looking for work. Others remained on the farms where they had been slaves, and received wages for the work they performed, using those wages to pay for food and clothing, etc. In many...

It meant they would not have to face the British and French armies on the side of the Confederates. Whether they also felt a new sense of moral mission is dubious. The mid-term elections did not seem to reflect this. ...

400 to 600 yards, comparable to single-shot infantry rifles of the time.

Tennessee was Confederate state. However the people of the state were divided and many joined the Union army. Its capital, Nashville, fell early to the Union advance but many big and important battles were fought in the state. Many of the Union supporters in Tennessee were located in the eastern part of the state. ...

The Union army under US Grant was meant to take care of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. It eventually succeeded - after the terrible siege of Petersburg, which was simply a slugging match, with Grant knowing that the Confederates could not replace their losses. The surrender came when Lee's lines were so stretched that they couldn't hold. The other Union army under Sherman was meant to destroy the Army of Tennessee under Joe Johnston (replaced by John Hood)....

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The problem with the Emancipation Proclamation is that it did not outlaw the institution of slavery. As the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln under the War Powers Act, he could have outlawed the institution of slavery, but he chose not to. A further problem with the Proclamation was that it only freed the slaves in states or territories that were not occupied by Union forces. For example, slaves in places like Maryland and Delaware, both slave states, were not freed by...

Seeing that the rich Georgia farmland had enjoyed a good harvest, Sherman decided that he could forget his vulnerable supply-line and live off the land, while conducting a punitive raid on this treasonous state, attacking the infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field. It was a 6-week march from Atlanta, southeast to Savannah, cutting a wide swathe through the state. The emphasis was on the burning of farms, the slaughtering of livestock and the ruining of crops. Violence against civilians was...