Below please find the questions on the Civil War chapter written by your classmate, Zane McBean. Please answer at least one of these questions in a response that is a minimum of one paragraph in length.
Recruitment poster for the U.S.C.T. from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University
1) What were some of the issues that the Confederacy had in obtaining enough troops for its war effort?
2) Who benefited the most economically and politically by the end of the Civil War, and how?
3) Who, in your opinion, was the most influential individual on the course of events during the war, and what successes or failures by this individual turned the tide of it?
AMERICA TO 1877 
The consequences of the Civil War were overwhelmingly in the the Union’s favor. Without the intensely pro-state Southern states, the Northern sentiments were overwhelmingly dominant, and this enabled the government to expand it’s power and to pass a number of movements that would have otherwise been impossible. They able to pass protective tariffs that had previously been impossible due to the Southern opposition, which enabled the industrial spectrum of the Northern economy to thrive.
On top of this, the North also did a lot to destroy the Southern economy, which widened the gap tremendously. They created a blockade to keep the Southern ports from trading, and destroyed many towns, farms and plantations during their conquest in the South. The North was able to far surpass the South in both political and economic means during the Civil War.
The Union benefited from the Civil War both economically as well as politically. The North was more domineering than the Southern states. Because of this aggressive behavior, the government was able pass various laws (like protective tariffs.) This helped boost the economy in the North. The Union also demolished many of the Southern states land (including but not limited to towns,plantations, land etc). By destroying it, it stops the creation of the Southerners’ main staple. People in the south were dependent on the farms and plantations because it is where their crops were and how they were able to make their economy prosper. By getting rid of the main source of income, you’re hurting their life style.
I agree with Fahmida because of the Civil war ending the South had to give up all of their slaves this effected them severely. The crops no longer had someone to take care of them. Also the plantation were so massive that hundreds of slaves sometimes had to work per farm and since they no longer worked this led to a big problem for the South. The North had the biggest hand in the war because now they had more people to work in factories, basically more demand for their supply. The economy flourished in the North while in the South it was plummeting.
I think that the most important individual during the civl war and who had the most affect was general Robert .E.Lee. regardless of what choices he made have made about what side of the war he was going to fight on and how he felt about slavery. He almost single handedly keet the south in the war for as long as they did. He was a incredible commander of men and was able to keep much larger and better equipped foe on its toes for over two years while the confederacy tried to gain its Independence and even after the defeat at Gettysburg which would eventually lead to the south downfall he put up a incredible defense and was able to hold on another two years. I feel that this makes him more important than the political figures at the time because the polticons drew lines on a map or said things in speeches and it was lee who made them so.
1) What were some of the issues that the Confederacy had in obtaining enough troops for its war effort?
. There were many attempts to force white men to be in the army, such as the Conscription Act. The Act stated all men from 18 to 35 was to join the war for three years. But the act was repealed in 1863, since there were “many opposition from poorer whites” (Brinkley, page 348). By 1864, there was a “critical manpower shortage” (Brinkley, page 348) because the war was so dreadful.The Confederacy only called out troops who volunteered. But the troops that were volunteering was declining, since many saw how real war was and the results from the war, such as death.
The North benefited most from the Civil War. The North was more advanced, politically, economically, and industrially, before, during and after, it had strengthened their economy through sparking up the industry and railroad evolution. As the North was winning they were developing and progressing, the war had them opposite affect on the South, their land was being destroyed causing millions of dollars in damages, also losing slaves, severely harming their economy since slaves were the root to obtaining money in the South. Winning the war for the North it set high ideals, and with the economic advantage they had the ability to do so.
The Confederacy at first tried to raise their army by asking for volunteers.
However, voluntary enlistments were declining rapidly by the end of 1861.
As a result, congress passed the Conscription Act, which forced all white males
between 18 and 35 to serve in the military for three years.
The conscription began to produce fewer men, however, after 1862.
This was one of the factors that brought the war to an end.
When congress tried to authorize the conscription of 300,000 slaves,
the war has already ended.
2.
Towards the end of the Civil War, it was eminent that the Union was economically and politically improving. The fact that the war was fought on Southern soil gave the Confederates a disadvantage. During the war, Southern planters were cut off from Northern markets, weakening the Southern economy as well as destroying its land. For the North, production of all goods had increased during the war, strengthening the economy and further developing the railroad system. The population in the North was much larger, therefore the industrial economy developed much faster. As compared to the South, the North had a much stabler political system, led by prominent and influential leaders.