North vs. South: Strategies and Successes in the Civil War

sUCCESS IN CIVIL WAR: dIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH | Create infographics

There were many aspects of the North and South that caused their strategies to differ in beginning of the Civil War. Some of the most obvious ones were the difference in population and infrastructure. The North had a much greater population (21.5 million) than the South ( 9 million). Also, the North had twice as many railroads as the South which made the movement of supplies, food, and troops easy. Both the population size and the advanced infrastructure were two advantages the North had over the South. The North also had more money and was able to sustain its economy. I created graphs and used the fact and figures option to display these facts visually on my infogram. I chose these facts to be in my infogram because they showed how many advantages the North had over the South. Although the South had some advantages like having most of the nation's trained officers, it still wasn't enough for them to beat the North. This activity helped me understand the situations faced by the Union and Confederacy at the beginning of the war because both the North and South had may differences and advantages over each other.