Answer:
- The first "modern" war
- Huge armies
- New tactics
- Conoidal Bullets --> better
accuracy and range
- Telegraph --> quick communication
- Balloons --> observe enemy troops
- Ironclads --> Iron plated steamships
Confederate
Getting soldiers:
- they resorted to conscription
The Upper South
Southern Military:
- The South had a strong military tradition
- 7/8 military colleges were in the South
Military
Economic Problems:
- Many people become concerned about
north's ability to win the war so they
withdraw their money from the bank.
*Causes banks to be unable to buy
government bonds
*Legal Tender Act is passed
Confederacy is formed
John C. Calhoun
South disagreed with Wilmot Provioso
Did not believe in the Compromise of 1850
Southern American Party chooses Fillmore
James Buchanan wins and gets Southern support
Technology:
Southern Politics
Economic Problems:
1. Smaller Population
2. Railroads
3. Planters in debt and unable
to buy government bonds
4. Banks were small with few
cash reserves
5. Union navy blockaded
Southern ports
6. Inflation
Financing The War
Two main southern parties
American Party
Southern Democrats
