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During and After Civil War

 

            
             Moral and economical reasons caused the Civil War. The Confederate States had difficulty during the war and they had the worst outcome of the war. The Southern states seceded that nation when slavery would be abolished. Northerners felt that the South was receiving free labor. The North and South had many disagreements which caused the Civil War. The Confederate states during the Civil War had weaknesses which caused them to fail. After the war, the south feared harsh punishment from seceding the Union. Even though the North and the South had disagreements, they formed together to make the Union once again.
             During the Civil War, the Confederate States had several disadvantages, which were certainly the reason for their defeat. From the beginning, the Confederate States had difficulty because they just obtained a new government, which was not organized for an important war to occur. Their government had no treasury and had a small amount of resources required for modern warfare. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi became the president of the Confederate States. He had trouble in gathering together and rallying the southerners for war. Davis also had difficulty on the Confederate's perseverance in having states" rights and influencing the states to tax themselves for the war. Besides taxes, the southerners could rely on borrowing and printing money. Since the Confederate States were more of an agricultural society, they had poor railroads, industry, and factories. The Confederate States also had a weaker navy and army because they had a smaller amount of people than the Union. They had a strategic disadvantage in materials and personnel and they were not adept at changing in the face of modern war's demands. The Confederate States lost and realized they could not make it on their own with out being in a Union. .
             After the war, the Confederate States were still not finished with their difficulties.


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