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The Civil War 1861 - 1865. Underlying Causes, Advantages & War Strategies . III. Underlying Causes. A. Differences in Lifestyles North vs. South Urban vs. Rural Industrial vs. Plantation Federal Rights vs. State Rights. III. Underlying Causes. B. Sectionalism
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TheCivil War1861 - 1865 Underlying Causes, Advantages & War Strategies
III. Underlying Causes A. Differences in Lifestyles • North vs. South • Urban vs. Rural • Industrial vs. Plantation • Federal Rights vs. State Rights
III. Underlying Causes B. Sectionalism • Each section of the nation were only looking out for its own interest. C. Slavery • How to decide the issue of slavery?
IV. Advantages A. Union (North) • More Population & States • 21 million to 7 million, 24 to 11 • More Manufacturing Capacity & Access to Food. • Better Transportation • More Money • More Ships to Blockade the South • Slaves Sympathized with the North
IV. Advantages B. Confederacy (South) • Home Field Advantage • Allowed the Confederacy to fight a defensive war • More Capable Army Officers • Foreign Assistance • Countries such as Great Britain & France would be more willing to aid the Confederacy because of their dependence on King Cotton
V. War Strategies A. Union (North) – Goals: • Blockade the Southern coastline to cut off supplies to the Confederacy. • Split the Confederacy in two by taking control of the Mississippi River & capture interior railroads. • Capture the Confederate capital of Richmond & join Union forces moving east from the Mississippi.
V. War Strategies B. Confederacy (South) – Goals: • Fight a defensive war so that a war-weary Union would agree to Confederate peace terms. • Two exceptions: • Capture the Union capital Washington D.C. • Strike northward through the Shenandoah Valley through Maryland & Pennsylvania, which would split the Northeast from the Midwest & disrupt lines of communication.