The causes of the Civil War and its cost to a young nation. More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. ... A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery. In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict.
<em>Basically the text is explaining that the way Americans level of skill made them unequaled to the rest of the world (mind, that is not a fact because there was a large share of well-working people in the world in this time) . Also it explains that American brain and ability to construct (why is this entire article just bragging about Americans being so much better when that's not 100% true?) was one of the most economic boosting things and they were very productive for that timeframe.</em>
<em>That's my best understanding of the article. (Scholastic really likes to brag about Americans, huh?)</em>
<em>-Northstar</em>
True; Northerners were also called Yankees during the Civil War
One of the major things that led to the collapse of the German army/navy and their war effort was internal fighting among the Germans themselves regarding tactics.
