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They had excellent generals (Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jackson). Defending was always much easier than fighting, Farmers fought better than factory workers. Lastly, they had a profitable economy based on cotton experts. They also had a population of 9 million that includes 3.5 million slaves and would have to import all goods including mutations.

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Their strategies were to defend until the North gets tired of fighting and gives up. Another strategy they had was to get help from Britain and other European allies.

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Naval blockade of southern seaports to block import of manufactured goods and block the sale of cotton exports Control the Miss. River to cripple southern transportation link and split the South in two

Seize Confederate capital, Richmond.

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Rifles and cannons had become more powerful, accurate, and deadly proving old fighting tactics obsolete and causing causalities on both sides. Also, the first use of ironclads  happened. The weapons were very accurate, could shoot 200-500 yards, they shot 3 shots per minute in 1861.

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They had a very large population of 22 million. 90% of industrial goods were made there like bullets and weapons. They had an efficient railroad system. And they controlled the navy. Lastly, they had capable military leaders.

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The 1850 Compromise didn't please everyone and they didn't address the Louisiana purchase land. That is when the Kansas-Nebraska act was introduced.

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People who hid or helped runaway slaves would be fined and/or arrested.Fugitive slaves could not testify in court. Lastly, Slaves were returned to their master down South.

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Added Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state at the same time to keep the balance equal between the North and the South in the Senate. But, very quickly all of the other territory's are going to want to have their own states as well.

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In the South cotton was grown in every single state. In result they could become very wealthy from selling cotton. The more cotton they collected the more money they earned. With the money they used it to make slaves gather the cotton and do the dirty work.

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There were mild winters that lasted a long time. There were hot, humid summers. Lots of rain and long growing seasons. A perfect place to raise warm weather crops that if up North could wither. The South had broad, flat rivers.

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There were 3.75 million African Americans were dehumanized. They worked heavy farm labor, received farm labor, and their families were often broken apart, But, there were about 230,000 African Americans who were free.  They could not vote, serve on juries, or justify against a white person in court.

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The geography of the north consists of freezing winters to hot humid summers. The New England coast had hundreds of bays that were perfect for harbors.

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There are four climates in the north. They consist of summer, winter, spring, fall. The northerners adjusted to the climate by constructing different industries.

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Life was really hard for people in the north. There were diseases that were being spread around, there were fires that spread citywide, and there were overcrowding in the north. To many people wanted to go to the north from different states.

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The Erie Canal made moving to the west much easier and it filled the gaps that the nation's system of transportation portrayed.

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In 1850 California becomes a free state. Utah and New Mexico territory becomes up to the people to decide ether it becomes a free or slave state. Then, there was no more Slave Trade in Washington D.C.

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The Temperance Movement was made to end alcohol abuse and the conflicts that came along with it. There were many women who took part in this. They considered alcohol to be wrong.

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Women could not vote, serve or juries, attend collage, they had limited rights, and women could not enter professions such as medicine or law. The women's rights were led by Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott.

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Abolitionists were reformers working to end slavery all over the U.S. They used speeches, newspapers, and they dedicated their life to helping slaves escape.

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Horace Mann wanted Massachusetts to be a highly educated state. So he created colleges to train teachers. Soon after, states began to follow.

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Dorthea Dix recognized that people who were in prisons were not being treated fairly. She faught for asylums for the mentally ill. She also faught for a more sanitary and humane prisons.

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To make change to make improvement, or end something.

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Henry David Thoreau was a well known Transcendentalist. He didn't follow society's rules.

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Many Americans believed that God decided the fate of their soul when they were born.