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Position:Home>Arts & Humanities> What were the strengths and weaknesses of both the North and South before and duQuestion: What were the strengths and weaknesses of both the North and South before and during the civil war?
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Weaknesses of the South: - no diplomatic recognition of the C.S.A. - the instituition of slavery - a President who micro-managed the war, and distrusted his capabale generals (Beauregard and Johnston) - a small navy - no overall strategy to win the war - economic stagnation Strengths of the North: - diplomatic reconition by other countries - (after the emancipation proclamation) abolition - a President who trusted his capable generals when he found them (Grant and Sherman) - a larger navy (capable of fire support/blockade duties) - an overall strategy to win the war - (after 1861) an economic boom |