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Maya Amlani Why did the confederate states loose the civil war? 1865 marked the end of the American Civil War. It lasted four years and the eventual outcome proved the North to be the more successful. The confederate states lost the war DUE TO several reasons. These CONSITED OF such reasons as the lack of resources, the political influence of Jefferson Davis and pay, food and desertion rates. The lack of resources in the South was a major disadvantage. The North had always been the more prosperous concentrating on manufacturing and industry. The South relied on agriculture. In numbers the South also had less fighting men, railroad tracks, food, iron and a lower banking capital. The North started with 4.5 million fighting men and the South with 1 million and the sides therefore were not evenly matched. The North had 21,679 railroads whereas the South had just 8947. The Emancipation on Proclamation declared...

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