Question

Explain how the outcome of the civil war differed from many initial predictions?

Answer 1

The civil war was predicted to be won by the south because the south had advantages in both numbers and homeground terrain.
But despite this, The generals that led the north were proven to be a better tactician compared to the General from the south and the northern union managed to secure several crucial locations that won them the war.

Answer 2

The American Civil War is seen as a decisive event in the history of the United States. At the time, it was a young country, which led an isolatinist policy and was still mostly agricultural.

By the end of the Civil War, the hope was that the both the North and the South will be united and the African American population would immediately have the same rights as those of the Whites.

This, however did not happen. For almost a 100 years after the end of the Civil War, African Americans could not not vote, could not live or eat in the same place as the Whites and in many cases were tortured and murdered by the KKK.