SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
START OF THE CIVIL WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Britain supported Slavery
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Britain wanted to hurt the Northern textile mills
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Britain was a major trading partner with the South
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did Britain remain neutral during the Civil War? Most British were against slavery. They no longer needed Southern Cotton. Needed to buy Northern wheat and corn after crop failure.
Detailed explanation-2: -The southern states grew cotton, and they exported it overseas to make a profit. Countries like England and France need the American cotton for their textile mills. Due to their dependency on cotton, confederate leaders wished that England would help defend them (Stuckey).
Detailed explanation-3: -Southerners began the war effort confident that the cotton their plantations provided European textile manufacturers would naturally ally their governments to the Confederacy, especially Great Britain.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the Civil War, several British arms companies and financial firms conducted business with Confederate agents in Europe, supplying the Confederacy with badly needed arms and military wares throughout most of the conflict, in exchange for Southern cotton.