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Why was the impact of the Civil War more destructive in the South than in the North?

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Answer: Union and Confederacy

Explanation: The war was mostly between Union and the Confederacy. The central cause of the war was the status of slavery, especially the expansion of slavery into territories acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican–American War.

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Step-by-step explanation:

The two sides fought differently, Robert E. Lee was a military genius. He was also an American. His strategy by not taking Washington sent the central message to the north that they should stay out of the way the south was economically organized, and nothing more. But as one famous writer about the Civil war (Margret Mitchell) said through one of her characters. "The South does not produce 1 cannon. She will loose."

Another reason was what happened once the North found a good general. Ulysses S. Grant was ruthless and once the North gained an advantage, Grant sent General Sherman to destroy a large portion of land many miles across from Atlanta to Savana.

Savana was important because what munitions and food supply the South had passed through Savana. Once it fell, many southerners lost hope which was a secondary objective, What Sherman did resembled the scorched earth policy developed in Vietnam. This is a complete war on every level.

A third problem the south had was that the north could, from the beginning, blockade the major ports. The south could not export any of the crops she should have been able to sell.

A fourth problem was that southerners destroyed their own economy by investing what they could in the bonds of the south. Investment wisdom tells us to diversify our assets which out of loyalty, they would not do. When war engulfed the south, no one would accept the bonds issued by the government as valuable.

The war was about States Rights, not slavery. Slavery was a part of states rights.

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