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The US South provided 80% of British cotton, and the textile industry was the UK's largest employer and industry.[1]. [1] https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibit
by pirate787 4y ago
The US South provided 80% of British cotton, and the textile industry was the UK's largest employer and industry.[1].
[1] https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/liverpools-abercromby-square/britain-and-us-civil-war/impact-cotton-trade https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/liverpools-aberc...
- bombcar 4y agoThe US was economically beginning to be involved on the world level, but wasn't really a "power worth considering" until after WWI, partially just because of distance.
- sillyquiet 4y agoyeah, this was really my point. A (maybe terrible) modern analogy is how concerned would we be with a civil war in say, South America, where a significant chunk of our lithium comes from? We would probably be concerned, but our economic and military clout means that we would always be the customer for whoever won that civil war.
- the_only_law 4y ago> We would probably be concerned, but our economic and military clout means that we would always be the customer for whoever won that civil war. Don’t we typically just give a fuckton of guns and resources (and maybe more) to whichever side we want to win.
- tomcam 4y agoAbsolutely not. We are also perfectly willing to overthrow democratically elected governments as well.
- kwertyoowiyop 4y agoA good read about that: The Savage Wars of Peace.
- sillyquiet 4y agoWell yeah you are correct, and I wrote clumsily. That was meant to read 'although the U.S. was gaining steam economically, it was not of much consequence militarily'
- bloqs 4y agoI believe both things are true, but I'm going to have to hunt for some sources