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Initially - doubts about the viability of the Confederacy. They wanted to back a winner.
Ethical position over slavery - although the war was not originally about slavery, the Lancashire cotton workers said they would sacrifice their jobs, rather than support the Confederacy.
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made it impossible for free nations abroad to support the South without looking pro-slavery themselves.
Especially good diplomatic work by Lincoln's envoy in London - C.F. Adams (of the Presidential family).
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Did the french and English support the confederacy during the civil war?
The French and the English did not support the Confederacy during the Civil War. Instead, the countries decided to support the Union.
Which side did the Cherokee support in the fighting at Pea Ridge?
They fought for the Confederacy throughout the war.
What European country did the south hope would support them in the civil war?
They were losing and needed help from a strong nation. They were losing and needed help from a strong nation.
Why was it necessery for the Confederacy to seek support of Great Britain and France?
The South was a manufacturing center for both countries.Their need for cotton would make them allies with the South. THIS ONEThe tariffs on Southern goods were lower than the North's. -NOT THIS ONE-
How was the English textile industries indirectly one cause of the American civil war in 1861?
Because the South was so sure that Britain couldn't get by without their cotton that they would be bound to support the Confederacy.
