Advantages Of The North In The Civil War

From the beginning of the war the North had the advantage is many aspects. One major thing the North had in its favor was the population, the northern population was about twenty-two million whereas the south only had about five and a half million white people. Southern slaves, a large part of the population, were clearly no help in the fighting. The industrial gap was another major reason for the war ending like it did, the North had the ability to produce anything it needed to win the war. The Europeans who immigrated into the United States they went immediately to the Union because they could find jobs at the surplus of factory’s, there was no reason for them to go to the south because the labor was done for free. This added to the population in the union but the immigrants didn’t want the blacks to be free because they felt they the jobs they had would be taken from them. The industrial capacity made it so the north produced a majority of the nation’s cloths and essential products this is also why the north grew so quickly and has so much power. The rail ways and canals played a big part in the success of the north because it increased the efficiency of transporting supplies and troops.
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The lack of a navy for the south also played a big part in not being able to defend the coast line. The north on the other hand had a superior navy and could blockade the major ports to shut down the shipping lanes. Not being able to access outside help the confederates would have never succeeded in the war. There were not a lot of navel battles in the civil war but having a successful navy really benefited the north because they could bombard the confederate forts which greatly assisted the north in winning