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What military, political and economic weaknesses existed in the American South at the start of the Civil War? Did these same weaknesses exist in the North? What strengths did the South possess? The North? Why did the South believe it could successfully secede from the Union and create an independent Confederate States of America? Why would the North not allow the South to do so?

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AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY
What military, political and economic weaknesses existed in the American South at the start of the Civil War? Did these same weaknesses exist in the North? What strengths did the South possess? The North? Why did the South believe it could successfully secede from the Union and create an independent Confederate States of America? Why would the North not allow the South to do so?

The military, political and economic weaknesses that existed in the American South at the start of the Civil War were the following; militarily they didn't control any of ...

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