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The British Government saw the USA as a fast-growing economic rival, and were not displeased to see it split into two. They were intending to grant official recognition to the Confederates if Lee's plan to invade Pennsylvania proved successful.
Some of the older conservatives, and the upper class generally, still felt that the American revolution had been a bit of cheek, so they also were ready to support the Confederacy, which seemed to have aspects of a feudal aristocracy.
The cotton workers in Lancashire were strongly anti-slavery, and were willing to sacrifice jobs rather than support the Confederates.
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Why did the Americans favor the north at the beginning of the civil war?
All of the people who participated in the civil war were Americans. There was no favor among the population. The nation was bitterly split.
Was the union south or north during the civil war?
The Union was North(:
Who had the most power during civil war?
The north. The north had more factories to make weapons. The north also won the Civil War.
Who controlled most of the railroads during the civil war?
The North controlled most of the railroads during the Civil War.
What were the disadvantages to the south during the civil war?
there not from the north
