History Topics

History Topics
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With Lincoln as the president of the Union, they had the manpower and resources required in the civil war. They had a significant industrial advantage over the Confederacy, which allowed them to manufacture weapons and ammunition. The political objective of the Union involved invading, conquering, as well as occupying the South for the Union to remain standing and eliminate slavery. They aimed to fight the Confederacy by receiving support from the Border States and destroy the Confederacy’s will to keep going. The Union also managed the war by ensuring that European powers did not offer assistance to the Confederacy by proving they were fighting for self-gratification rather than for the greater good - abolition of slavery. The Union used its navy to construct and preserve a blockade deep into the Confederate coastline and also fight off the Confederate States Navy. They also ensured the navy offered support to the army by carrying weapons or gunpowder using rivers in the interior regions. On the other hand, the Confederacy diplomatic objectives focused on securing sovereignty from the Union and become a free nation that preserves slavery. They focused on organizing th...