For the North, the Federal Arms Reserve held 437,000 weapons witch was thought to be enough for the Union. Soon each side found out that getting weapons could be a harder task than they thought. There were many different types of weapons used. Standard guns for both sides included the .54 caliber and the .58 caliber rifles. “Pocket pistols” were also common for people like generals and captains and were usually used in the event of an emergency.
The South had to make do with the weapons they already had due to most of the resources being in the north. In fact most of the Southern weapons were imported, through the blockade, from France and England. One of the most major developments was the use of rifling. Before this period rifling was used quite rarely, with only an elite group of marksman using them. This was because of the long process of threading the bullet, or mini-ball as it was called, through the the grooves by hand.
Another reason America had an advantage over Britain was that the English citizens were tired of war. The war had begun to turn into years and citizens were getting tired of paying taxes and just the war in general. In my opinion one of the biggest advantages the colonists had was how great a leader George Washington was. American soldiers were outnumbered and not as well trained as the English soldiers, but because of Washington’s brilliance and strategy it helped the colonists prevail over Britain. On the other hand Britain also had many advantages over the Americans.
The French Navy had completed an ironclad, La Gloire, in 1859, and The British Royal Navy had completed their own ship, Warrior, in 1860. [i] By the time the Merrimack and the Monitor engaged each other in Virginia, many other European countries either had produced or were building ironclad ships. However, the first battle between two ironclads would be what changed naval warfare forever. The term “ironclad” can be somewhat misleading to some. These ships were not entirely constructed out of iron, but instead were built with wooden hulls and decks with the outside of the ship being encased in thick iron plates.
This means that since we set foot in America, history had been building up to that moment. In the Civil War, the U.S. was divided into two sections-industrial and agricultural. Earlier in American history, the U.S. was divided into three sections: New England, Middle and Southern Colonies with similar characteristics to the industrial north and agricultural south. This division in the Civil War is not entirely human kind’s fault. The landscape is very different in these areas, so even before we arrived, the division of industry was already set in stone.
The price of goods was so high and was so worthless that it cost Southerners in some places several hundred Confederate dollars to buy a single loaf. As a result hunger and no nutrient became bad, in addition, much of the land from Tennessee to Georgia and up to South Carolina had been destroyed by General William Tecumseh Sherman’s troops on their March to the Sea. Many slaves in the South effectively freed themselves by refusing to work and flocking to Union lines in droves. The North meanwhile was in many ways better off in 1864 than it had been before the war, for the economy had experienced an enormous boom during the war years and had set the industrial machine into high gear. This industrial boom in the North, coupled with inability pf Richmond’s government to provide cohesive leadership, won the war for the Union.
The north had soldiers who were better trained and more disciplined. The north had industrial economy; the south had an economy based on environment. The north’s population was much larger than the south. The north had steady food crops to feed its army. This is another reason the north won the Civil War.
That was because after the Civil War, railroad owners knew steel rails were much more stronger and not likely to rust like iron. It was an win: win for both of us. They got the new steel and I got the cash. I used that money that I earned to buy out rivals. I also brought iron mines, railroad and steamship lines, and warehouses.
Though there are some beneficial events, it was an overall devastating era. After the war of 1812, the people of the United States felt enormous pride in winning a war against the almighty Britain and used their nationalism to inspire improvements, such as Henry Clay’s American system. It consisted of the Second National Bank, a strong banking system, the Tariff of 1816, which raised money for the protection of American manufacturing goods, and internal improvements such as networks that build roads and canals which made better transportation to flow foodstuffs and raw materials from west and south to north and east. This shows that America had become a more self-sufficient government and started growing its own national identities. Nationalism also helped the push for westward expansion and the Monroe Doctrine.
Industrialization After the Civil War Thesis Professor Peralta History 105 10/25/14 Industrialization after the Civil War had a profound effect in the U.S. that is still felt to this day. While there were many positives that came out of it, like the U.S. becoming the largest and wealthiest nation in the world, there were many negative aspects to society, economy and politics that harmed more people than it helped. Many different groups of people would not have their voices heard during this time and would be swept away out of sight for some time, all in the name of progress. Three major aspects that influenced the U.S were the rise of monopolies and industry giants, the expansion into the west and the building of railroads, and finally the rise of factories and the working conditions of those employed there. Five groups that were affected by industrialization were Native Americans, immigrants to the U.S., women, children and farmers.