Essay - The Civil War in the United States can be Considered...

The Civil War in the United States can be considered as the darkest moment in its relatively young history. (Donovan, 2002) To this day, arguments abound about ***** relative strengths of the positions of the secessionists versus those that wanted to maintain the integrity of the country. But despite ***** death and destruction—several hundred thousand lost their lives and millions more became casualties in one way or the o*****r—two beautiful outcomes resulted. The adage: "One Nation under God" was preserved as a truism for all time; and the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all men were equal and could not be differently treated solely on ***** basis of color of skin. Besides being arguably on the right side of the War the North also w***** because it was economically stronger and also embraced the rise technological advances that came from the Industrial Revolution.

The Confederate South was militarily far stronger; ***** the ***** could perhaps not match it just militarily. The North however, ***** industrially stronger. Other factors that contributed were strategy, leadership and a stronger economy. The Union won the civil w*****r by economic strength and industrial dominance not just by ***** power ***** their military.

Zebrowski avers that the South needed foreign ***** aid from Europe. (Zebrowski, 1999, p.222). In population, the North had an advantage of almost five to two. This advantage was further enhanced because of the slaves who ***** a signifi*****t percent*****ge of the ***** States—almost one third—who refused to fight to keep ********** subjugated. (Current, 1983, p.21). Raw materials were mostly congregated in the North. Much of the railroads were traced across the northern habitants: twice as much track ***** a better system of integrated lines (Brinkley, 1991, p. 383). The South fell short with these advantages and just could not kee***** up.

The most important factor that led to Northern victory w***** economic s*****remacy. Due to the industrial revolution the North had a *****ell-developed industry system. By 1862, ***** North could produce all ***** own war ***** (Brinkley, 1991, p. 383). These materials were shipped on the efficient *****ern railroad. The Northern government funded the war by levying taxes, issuing paper currency, and borrowing. Congress levied taxes on almost all goods and services. In 1861, C*****gress ***** the first income tax ***** support ***** ***** funding. A uniform paper ***** was issued. Much like to*****'s currency, this ***** was not backed by gold or silver but by the good faith ***** credit of the government. The largest source for funding ***** ***** War was by ***** loans. The treasury persuaded ordinary citizens to buy over $400 million worth of bonds (Brinkley, 1991, p. 385).

The Industrial ***** did ***** take shape in the South by this time. The South depended highly on the harvest*****g of their cash crop cott***** as capitol for the nation. The South made a critic*****l mis***** ***** ***** cash crop. During the midst of ***** war, the Davis government deliberately did all in its power to make this ***** useless.