The Southern economy was less adaptable because of the weakness of the industrial base. The Union dominated the nation’s economy, controlling most of the banking and capital of the country, more than 85% of the factories, more than 70% of the railroads, and even 65% of the farmlands. Lee, something that the North did not have at the beginning of the war. Strong military leadership under Robert E. The Union hoped that its population of 22 million against the Confederate population of only 5.5 million free white would work to its favor in a war of attrition. The idea was to blockade all the ocean ports on the Atlantic and Gulf as well as the ports on the Mississippi, literally constricting the South (like an Anaconda). The North had more resources and thus could afford a longer war, especially since their Anaconda Plan could strangle the South’s ability to trade or receive resources through its naval blockade of Southern ports and coastline. Unfortunately for them, the British just got their cotton from Egypt and India instead. They were sure that Great Britain would support them because of their need for southern cotton. The South wanted a short war and needed European support. It involves the use of all available economic, political, and social resources, including the conscription of soldiers, the mobilization of industry, and the use of propaganda to support the war effort. Total war is a term used to describe a conflict in which all of the resources and capabilities of a society are mobilized for the purpose of achieving military victory. The Civil War was a total war because it involved every aspect of society. African American historians sometimes call it "The Great Betrayal.□Watch: AP US History - The Road to the Civil Warįor the United States, the Civil War saw the unprecedented mobilization of manpower and materials alongside unprecedented carnage on the battlefield. What exactly happened is somewhat contested as the documentation is scanty. As soon as the troops left, many white Republicans also left and the "Redeemer" Democrats took control. As president, Hayes removed the remaining troops in South Carolina and Louisiana. Grant, removed the soldiers from Florida. The outgoing president, Republican Ulysses S. The compromise involved Democrats who controlled the House of Representatives allowing the decision of the Electoral Commission to take effect. Tilden on the understanding that Hayes would remove the federal troops whose support was essential for the survival of Republican state governments in South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. Hayes was awarded the White House over Democrat Samuel J. Through the Compromise, Republican Rutherford B. presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era. The Compromise of 1877 was a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. African American historians sometimes call it "The Great Betrayal."
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