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Why were northerners and southerners willing to fight in the civil war?
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∙ 11y ago
because they want the people enslaved in the south to be free...
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Who were the Yankees in the war?
Yankees were the northern part of America to fight in the civil war the "blue guys"
Why preserve the Union?
There are some disagreements about why President Lincoln and the Northerners were willing to fight a war to save the country instead of letting the South secede peacefully. It may have been because the United States was largely seen as a political experiment and they didn't want to see it fail.
Why were knights willing to fight for lords and?
so that they can have no sins. THIS also goes for anyone who decided to fight.
Why did the North want to punish the South after the war?
After the US Civil War, the Radical Republicans believed that the South and many of its primary leaders should be punished for causing the war. Without President Lincoln, the radicals seized the opportunity to make the reconstruction era a rough one for the former Confederacy.
Did girls fight in the Civil War?
Women did not fight in the Civil War. But, some did dress up like men to help out in the war.
Did some northerners fight for the south during the Civil War?
Yes.
Why did people volunteer for the civil war?
Southerners wanted to fight for their rights so they volunteered. They believed that slaves were their property and taking them away would be like taking away your house. Northerners were very against slavery.
What was the black population in the south in the civil war?
About 3.5 million slaves and about another 500,000 free blacks. The total southern population was 9 million, so that left five million white southerners to fight the 21 million white northerners.
Did southerners fight for the union during the civil war?
Most southerners weren't for the war, they just wanted freedom from the North and the ability to own slaves. Less than 5% of the people in the South owned even a single slave. The South was agricultural and exports of agricultural products were taxed. The North was industrialized and the import of finished products was taxed. Before the Civil War 85% of the national budget was collected in the southern states.
How many boys joined the Civil War?
There is no good answer to this question. There is no solid definition for "boy" for that time. Many thousands of northerners below age 16 joined. Tens of thousands of southerners below age 16 joined the fight. Soldiers as young as 12, 13 and 14 were not uncommon.
Why did southerners resent the draft during the civil war?
The saying at the time was, "Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Fight."
Who were the Yankees in the war?
Yankees were the northern part of America to fight in the civil war the "blue guys"
Why were Patriots willing to fight the British?
The patriots faght the british so that they could have civil rights.
At the outbreak of the Civil War what was the slave population of the South?
About 3.5 million slaves and about another 500,000 free blacks. The total southern population was 9 million, so that left five million white southerners to fight the 21 million white northerners.
What resource did North have in Civil War that South didn't?
freed slaves willing to help fight the south
Who was against the Revolutionary War?
At the start of the war mostly rich white southerners were against the war and helped Great Britain since the king gave them vast amount of land. Later in the war however the southerners began facing common problems with the northerners so they united to fight for a common cause
Why did common southerners fight in the civil war?
Pride in their new nation. But also because they were an aggressive breed who welcomed an opportunity for a darn good fight. Defending slavery was probably not front-of-mind.
