At the Battle of Gettysburg, It was a crushing blow to rebel morale. Their nearly undefeated hero, general Lee, had been defeated. Of course, it was a huge morale boost for the Union, who had been grumbling about the war in the East because of the invincible Lee. In addition, after the Battle of Gettysburg, two great speeches were given, one by the president himself. He showed how the Union needed to keep fighting this war to keep the greatest nation from leaving the earth and so that the country could truly be one where all men (or people) could be equal. At Vicksburg, it was more of a military advantage. In addition to being a highly defensible location to put things of high importance in, it also completed the final piece of the Mississippi River. With the Union controlling all of the river, the Union could split the enemy in 2. This completed part of the Anaconda Plan.The Union could also use the river as a platform for transportation of troops, supplies, and as an artillery platform with their new ironclads. I think that the Battle of Gettysburg would have been more important. There was already low morale in the Union army. They were asking thrmselves why they were fighting a war to get people back into out country that didn't want to be here. Already, nearly 200 thousand casualties had taken place. They thought this was far too much to end slavery. If Lee had not finally been defeated, Vicksburg would never have happened, and the outcome of the civil war could have been very different.
This is capitalism: the usual definitions of capitalism that I read actually always include the phrases"free market" and "private ownership". (however, in practice very few countries are capitalist, most have a mixed economy with for example health care being partially controlled by the government.
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The working conditions during the Industrial Revolution in England was very inhumane. This was clearly depicted in the movie of Les Miserables where people were forced to work in sweat shops for hours on end and get paid with a very minimal amount. People's services back then were not taken seriously by the government which caused major revolutions and chaos within society. The working conditions were very poor in terms of innovations, sanitation, and law enforcement and regulation.
This eventually led to the Bubonic Plague (viral disease caused by ticks of rats) which took the lives of almost half of the population of Europe. This was a trigger for England and Europe in general to implement changes in their health, education, and work systems.
