What would have happened if the South had won the war?

Answer 1

The South could have won at Gettysburg and forced the North to sign a peace settlement, but they could never have taken over the North. The two countries would have evolved independently.

Slavery would have continued for another decade or two, until the CSA finally caved in to growing international pressure and abolished it. The CSA would not have granted equal rights to Blacks, so you would have seen Jim Crow laws similar to what happened after Reconstruction.

Southern Blacks would have fled to Mexico, the US and Canada whenever possible.

The Southern economy would remain weak and dependent on imports, probably from the USA.

The USA would probably have been less involved in Latin America and the Carribean since the CSA would have controlled the southern coastline and most of the border with Mexico.

The South probably would have remained neutral in World War I. Germany might have sent the Zimmerman Note to the CSA instead of Mexico, but it's doubtful the CSA would side against the USA since they really had nothing to gain.

The Great Depression would have hurt the CSA more than the USA, which might have led to dictatorship of some type. This is doubtful, though, since there was a strong democratic tradition in the South dating back to Jefferson and the founding fathers...

The CSA probably would have remained neutral in WWII but ended up trading with the Allies. The outcome of the war would not have changed, but the USA would have been somewhat less powerful after WWII without the resources and manpower of the southern states.

In the postwar era there would have been internal and external pressure on the CSA for social reforms of its racial policies, but civil rights for Blacks would have taken longer to achieve, and full equality might never have come.

The USA and CSA would have formed a NATO-type defense treaty during the Cold War.

Today there would probably be good relations between the USA and CSA. I would predict close economic ties, tourism, etc., but still two seperate countries.

Answer 2

The only way for the CSA to beat the USA would be for them to gain international recognition as a naiton, something they never formally gained. Had the south somehow won the war, they would eventually be forced to industrialize and abandon slave labor. Cotton is far too destructive to the soil for it to have been a permanent facet of CSA economics in its antebellum form.

Answer 3

Then I guess, the Northern industrialized states would have probably seceded themselves. With their own King Corn and cotton fom Egypt and India.

But it's a big "if". I tend to agree with Southern historian Shelby Foote : "I think that the North fought that war with one hand behind its back.… If there had been more Southern victories, and a lot more, the North simply would have brought that other hand out from behind its back. I don't think the South ever had a chance to win that War." (Geoffrey C. Ward," The Civil War" (1990), based on PBS series by Ken Burns, p 272)

Answer 4

- Slavery would have ended much later.
- We would have been a more agrarian nation and a less industrialized nation.
- The confederate flag would be revered.

Answer 5

there would have been a lot more lynchings

Answer 6

we would have shipped alll the black back to Africa and the world would be a better place