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Answer: neither army could advance its position, mainly because war was being waged in a very different way than it had been during the 19th century. Forward-moving strategies such as head-on infantry attacks were no longer effective or feasible against modern weaponry such as machine guns and heavy artillery.
Explanation:
<span>The war of 1812 was politically divisive due to the different demographic and political factions who supported or abhorred the idea of conflict. The war was much more favored by Democratic-Republicans in the Southern and Western United States then it was Federalist in both New England and the South. Add to this that there wasn't a national cause or anger to unite people behind the war, and it just wasn't something a large portion of the population wanted to do. Also, because of these divisions America came into the war sorely unprepared to achieve victory with an army that was largely disorganized and unsupported by the militias.</span>
