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Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Civil War

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At the onset of the Civil War the South had many “apparent” advantages. Three of the advantages that were apparent are: a defensive strategy, slavery, and a sound military strategy.The advantages that were apparent ended up being a weakness for the South. I will explain why a defensive strategy, slavery and a sound military should have been a strength but ended up being a weakness and which of these had the greatest impact on the South losing the war. The South had a defensive strategy at the onset of the Civil War.There chances of victory were much higher if they just survived the war because the North had to conquer the South in order to win. Therefore, this should’ve been a strength. The South’s chances became slim when they decided to …show more content…

However, the South didn’t believe that the slaves would become disobedient and test their limits with the few white men who guarded them. Numerous slaves began to plot on the whites and also escape slavery by hiding behind the North. Slavery was a disadvantage for the South. A sound military because the North had to conquer land, but also continue to conquer more land and this meant they would have to leave soldiers behind. Moreover, this would weaken the North’s army because they had to leave soldiers behind not to mention those who were injured or died in combat. The South didn’t stick to their plan and when they went offensive they loss the battle. These advantages worked against the South, but I believe that slavery had the greatest impact on the South losing the war. Moreover, the South’s pride was the slaves; so when the slaves began to abandon the South and fight for the North this had the greatest impact with the South losing. The slaves added to the number of soldiers that the North had and production in the South slowed down because the slaves did the labor work for the

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