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What was the name if the union strategy to control the Mississippi River and split the confederacy?
Anaconda plan
The Confederacy and lack of a strong was the main reason that the Union kept control of forts in Florida.?
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What strengths and weaknesses did the Union have in the Civil war?
The Union: *Larger population *Better resources The Confederacy: *excellent military leaders *a strong fighting spirit *The Confederacy also knew the land and had the will to defend it because most of the war was fought in the South*
What country did the north fear the was an ally of the confederacy?
The North was in fear that Great Britian was an ally of the Confederacy. The theory was that the Confederacy would exchange cotton for British military and naval supplies. There was even a document proposing that Jefferson Davis would give control of the Confederacy to the Queen of England and in exchange the Confederacy would be treated as a "Priveledged Colony". (Great Britian coincidentally had a cotton surplus the year that the Confederacy offered cotton for military and naval supplies.)
Why did southerners fell that European nations would recognize and support the confederacy?
They thought Britain would be pleased to seeAmerica, its fast-growing economic rival, split into two. And they knew that France was wanting influence in Mexico, and it would suit them if Mexico's next-door neighbour, the Confederacy was pro-French.
What did the confedercy know it must control?
Assuming that you're meaning to ask what the Confederacy knew it had to control to win the American Civil War, the answer is the railway. Also, they needed to capture DC, rid the "Union" navy, and get European countries on their side.
What was the goal of the anaconda plan?
To gain control of the Mississippi River and defeat the Confederacy
What did the emancipation proclamation end in the confederacy in the confederacy?
nothing. Lincoln had no control over the confederacy. the proclamation ended slavery in the north but their were no slaves up there.
What advantage did the confederacy have in Virginia?
General Lee was born there so he knew the place well.
What rivers did the Confederacy want to control?
The Mississippi. The Tennessee. The Cumberland.
What advantage did the union have over the confederacy in the civil war?
Most of the battle was fought in the south. And they knew their land.
What was the effect of the action of glorieta pass on the confederacy's attempt to control the American southwest?
The Confederacy lost at Glorieta Pass and had to walk back to Texas.
Was the emancipation proclamation enforcible?
No, Lincoln knew that there would be no way to enforce it because he had no control over the southern states. He made the emancipation proclamation to make the civil war about slavery so that England would not interfere and help the Confederacy. The British might have stepped in to support the confederacy gain independence, but when the war became about slavery, they had no interest in the issue of helping slaves.
What is a confederated government not the Confederacy of the Civil War Era?
The European Union is a confederacy. Each nation has its own government and laws. Europe has very little control over the individual members. Each member must pass the same law to make it the law across the entire confederacy. So each state has far more independence than in other forms of government.
What battle did the confederacy lose control of the Mississippi river?
The battle of Vicksburg.
What was the effect of the action at Glorieta Pass on the Confederacy's attempt to control the American Southwest?
The Confederacy lost at Glorieta Pass and had to walk back to Texas. * The confederates retreated to Texas and never again threatened union control of the Southwest
What was the effect of the action at Glorieta Pass on the Confederacy's attempt to control the American Southwest.?
The Confederacy lost at Glorieta Pass and had to walk back to Texas. * The confederates retreated to Texas and never again threatened union control of the Southwest
