Did the North side win in the Civil War?

Question

I know they did but i just really want to make sure.

Answer 1

Nobody really "won" (there was massive destruction and loss of life on both sides), but the South surrendered in 1865. So yes, the North "won" the Civil War.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War

Answer 2

There were a lot of issues that when conjoined together brought the war about. The most intractable was the institution of chattel slavery - which had a pernicious effect on discussions of other matters like tariffs and westward expansion. The actual trigger for war though was the attempt by southern, pro-slavery, states to leave ( or secede ) from the Federal Union. When General R.E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox that attempt was comprehensibly foiled - and to that extent the North won. But it has been, not unfairly, argued that the North regularly surrendered on most other matters thereafter. This was disastrous for Black people, many of whom had fought valiantly in the Federal Army. The result was that the South got many of the things, including a racially oppressive society, that it fought for, but not independence.

Answer 3

It has become acceptable to say that the North won the American War of the 1860s. However, it would be more correct to say that the federal government created by the Constitution of United States won the war by using the resources of the remaining member States of the Union as well as exceeding its delegated powers.

It is more significant to ask, who lost that war. The answer to that is that all of the States and all of the people lost. The States came together in 1787 and created the federal government by ratifying the Constitution of the United States. That created federal government was to exist entirely within the powers delegated to define it within the Constitution. The war of the 1860s provided the opportunity for the federal government to exceed its delegated powers and change its relationship to the States and to the people. At the end of the war this came to fruition through the 14th Amendment which allowed the federal government to apply the Bill of Rights to the States when the Founders meant the Bill of Rights to be only applied to the federal government.

Answer 4

Yes, the North won the Civil War. General Lee surrendered at Appomattox, and the war was over. It was the North who ended up setting guidelines for Reconstruction.

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Answer 5

Technically the North or Union side won because General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate States Army did officially surrender. However, American history is just as convoluted as what we believe Russian history to be, and loaded with propaganda. Most of us were taught in Northern schools especially that this war was about the issue of slavery only. It was actually about the issue of States' Rights and freedom of choice within individual states which comprised our fledgling union. Our federal government has a history of denying the rights of the individual as well as nations; take a hard look at how many treaties have been broken or ignored with the First People or present day Native Americans still denied basic civil rights. Florida's proud Seminoles have never sign a treaty with the US government and yet we continue to ignore their wisdom.

Answer 6

It become both. The South initially loved the better protection force, truly with calvary, and far better administration. yet because the warfare went on, the North adapted and discovered, even as attrition wore down the Confederates. So the north beat the south militarily, partly with sheer numbers, yet besides via matching the south in high quality of troops and administration. The south lost the warfare for distinct motives. a lack of a adequate military meant the Union blockade choked southern commerce. higher commercial potential meant the north ought to produce extra products and armaments, and provide them extra effectively than the south ought to. the a lot less centralized authorities of the Confederacy made it more durable to coordinate, and made desertion a lot less puzzling contained in the south than contained in the north. The failure of Lee's invasion contained in the north become the South's very last genuine danger to win overseas acceptance. And even as Lee become in a position to carry on contained in the east, the western campaigns were frequently a series of failures for the south. With the administration of the Mississippi in Union fingers, the Confederacy become reduce in 0.5, installation Sheridan's march via Georgia.

Answer 7

The north officially won BUT during "reconstruction" union soldiers were sent to the south to protect African- Americans as they voted. As groups like the Knights of the Ku Klux Clan formed it was more and more evident that former slaves were not going to get representation without a fight and they quiet did a tip toed withdrawal. Basically the Americans were not willing to keep troops occupying the south in the mist of terrorist organizations to protect the rights of it's own citizens from others. At the withdrawal, signs began appearing to ban black citizens from patronizing businesses etc,etc, etc.

Answer 8

Yes they did. The South was made to rejoin the Union after the war and went through a period of Reconstruction.

Answer 9

yes they did.....to what flag they made u stand up in high school and sing the anthem song? what flag do u salute today? what flag gets lowered to half mass if someone important dies?

get the picture?
it aint that hard...even a southern should be able to know who really won the civil war.

Answer 10

Yes. The North won. And it was much the best thing. Slavery had to be abolished. It is an evil thing.