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Why Did Lincoln's Decision To Win The Civil War?

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1. Why did the attack on Fort Sumter force the Upper South to choose sides? The attack on fort Sumter led those in the Upper south to side with their southern states. Although they did not want to fight against the Union but had a stronger pull to fight with their fellow Southerners and not against them. Felling betrayed by Lincoln they sided with their Southern neighbors.(pp. 384-86)
2. Why did the south believe it could win the war despite numerical disadvantages? (pp. 386-89) Although the South new they were at a disadvantage because of less population of fighting men they still believed they would win the war. They believed they could do the same thing as the colonist did against the Britain’s. They believed that the love of land, family …show more content…

The Emancipation Proclamation did not accomplish the destruction of slavery on its own. How did a war over union bring about the end of slavery? In your answer, consider the direct actions of slaves and Union policymakers as well as indirect factors within the Confederacy. With Lincoln being against slavery and the south depending on slavery to help win the war, it didn’t take long for African Americans to join the Union to help win the war and thus end slavery.
3. In addition to resorting the Union and destroying slavery, what other significant changes did the war produce on the home front and in the nations capital? The democrats were divided giving Republican’s favor. The war created a national government, a national economy and a national spirit.
4. Brilliant military strategy did not determine the outcome of the war; victory also depended on generating revenue, materiel mobilization, diplomacy, and politics. In light of these considerations, explain why the Confederacy believed it would succeed and why it ultimately failed. The Confederacy greatly relied on its cotton as the reason for winning the war. They believed that all other areas needed their cotton to survive. They found out differently, others areas didn’t like the slavery used for the cotton production, cotton was grown elsewhere. The support they thought their cotton would bring was not a

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Although, both the North and the South had advantages those that the South believed would led them to victory such as; trained soldiers, prepared leaders and economic stability, had in time led to their defeat. To begin, with the first advantage the Confederacy displayed over the Union was the leading experience. The South had reasons to believe that this would be a powerful element, since Abraham Lincoln had no experience in military training. Even though, this seemed to be a beneficial factor to succeed at war, it wasn’t. Jefferson Davis was doing a terrible job, he failed

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“The Republican wing could not hesitate and locked in the endless policy of drift and subsequent delay” (Sanín & Wood, 2014). Lincoln decided to use Fort Sumter as a primary attack on the Confederacy. Presumably, the Fort Sumter Confederates avoided fighting the two Union forces at the same time. Undoubtedly, after the blood and years of war, many of the citizens from the north were fed up with the conflict and wanted peace. The Democrats demanded peace which the Republican failed to address and solve.

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With lacks of soldiers and a low population, the South was struggling to keep fighting for their way of life and keeping the slaves under

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1. When President Lincoln was elected there were only two significant forts in the South that flew the Union flag. Explain in paragraph form Lincoln’s middle-of-the road solution to bring needed supplies to Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. When President Lincoln was elected, only two significant forts in the South still flew the Union flag. Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston (South Carolina), needed supples in order to support its men.

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Name of Document: A Southern Woman Describes the Hardship of War - 1862 A. List four things the author said that you think are important: 1.The townspeople fears the fact that the southerns will lose the town. 2. Laura and other southerns didn’t expect to see the Union invade Tennessee so quickly. 3.All communication with the brother will be lost if the Union captures their town.

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The south did not want the north to destroy their economy and slavery. They thought the election of Abraham Lincoln would ruin their rights. (Document C) Texans also fought for their love for Texas. They had lots of land and resources.

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Throughout the war, the North and the South’s viewpoints had been continuously changing. Their opinions were both similar and different throughout the war. Both sides initially believed they would win the war, swiftly and easily. Both also realized that their thought was wrong. The North carried the idea that they were morally just and correct.

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Matter in fact the union had nearly twice as many troops as the confederates did. This unproportional distribution of troops would prove as a fatal blow in the southern States fight for independence and the legalization of slavery. In his address Sherman States, “You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it.”

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The lack of supplies and goods to the south slowly choked the Confederacy to their defeat. The Confederacy’s trade was almost completely cut off. The Confederacy could not get enough supplies to survive (Ketchum 170-171). The Confederacy’s main goal was to break through the Union blockade.

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This was the feeling of both Britain and France. They believed the Confederacy was close to a victory and this would have pushed both nations over the edge on the side of the south. Europe was receiving news of constant Confederate victories and low northern spirit, and this was also pushing them towards the aid of the south. The shocking victory at the battle of Antietam saved the Union from almost certain defeat. This battle changed the ideas of European powers and effectively halted them from supporting the opposing side in the south.

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But “when the South attached less significance to its defeat than the North did to its victory, Confederate morale would no longer match the task of maintaining public will at a level necessary for victory.” (Richard Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, and William Still: “Why the South Lost the Civil War” , Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1986, page 49). Additionally, the Confederates lacked a true sense of nationhood, for many Confederates could not agree on why they fought or what the Confederacy actually stood for.

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The rising numbers of death in the South tremendously weakened their army, which allowed for a Northern succession. William C. Davis asserts, “Industrially the South couldn’t keep up in output and in manpower. By the end of the war, the South had, more or less, plenty of weaponry still, but it just didn’t have enough men to use the guns”. Having such a small army, the South was not able to sustain a decent amount of soldiers for the war. Henceforth, the Northern advantage of having more soldiers had a large impact on the Southern loss in the Civil

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The North had many advantages. They beat the South in population they could draw soldiers from. The North had 22 million citizens where the South only had 5.5 million citizens. The North could transport supplies and people faster because of their roads, canals, and railroads. However the South disconnected from itself with barely any railroads and hard to move soldiers and goods from place to place.

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It did not. The Emancipation Proclamation was a war propaganda document and freed no slaves. The Thirteenth Amendment freed the slaves. Lincoln even admitted that his proclamation had no legal justification or force, which is why he pushed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery. With the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, the genocide of Southerners began.

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It is eerily personal, as we complete this course reading about the civil war and living through today’s adversarial climate of protesters, division of social, economic and political parties. As Abraham Lincoln said in the Gettysburg Address “and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth” (Lincoln 428). The Civil War, while largely believed to be largely about slavery it appears to me that state’s right played just as an important role in the actual cause and continuance of the war. The division of the states and their prosperity, industry, education and representation in Congress divided this country, much as it is today.

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