The precedents that led to the Civil War were many. The precedents include the Kentucky/Virginia resolutions, the Hartford Convention in 1815, the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Tariff Abomination of 1828, the Compromise of 1850, and the Stricter Anti-Fugitive Slave Law. The Kentucky/Virginia Resolution involves any state can nullify laws. The Hartford Convention opposed war and adopted resolution. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was

As the precedents built the foundation to war, the three causes, the ultimate cause, the ultimate issue, and the immediate occasion, along with the general/social, political and economic causes built the rest and war finally broke out. The ultimate cause was the well know conflict of slavery with the 19th century Christianity and the Slave vs. Free Labor also known as the progressive, liberal, humanitarian beliefs of the 19th Century. But the ultimate cause was mentioned at the beginning of this essay, the firing on Fort Sumpter in 1861.

The advantages were mostly with the North since the North had more population (21 million people), their railroad mileage was 21 thousand standard gauge, the banking system was centralized and had enough currency, the manufacturing capacity was 118,000 (New York had more than all the South put together), the government was strong and centralized, had a large navy, had had a very favorable cause which was to end slavery. The North also had the advantage of having the President, Abraham Lincoln. The disadvantage for the North was that the military was behind on the knowledge of weapons and also they had no known/great military leader and they battles in territory they did not know. The South had advantages with the military due to the fact that they were familiar with weapons and had many great military leaders (Jackson and Lee). They also knew the territory so knew how to get around and travel. They had many disadvantages by population (9 million, 3 million being slaves), their railroad mileage was only 9 thousand, the banking system was very weak and so was the government and they had no navy. Their cause was also weak (point of view of course) that they were fighting for slavery. The strategies of the war is upfront; the strategies for the North was to take Ric

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