NORTH VS SOUTH

NORTH STRATEGIES

• The anaconda plan

SOUTH STRATEGIES

• Attacked major northern cities
• Defensive strategy

ARMY SIZES

• The north had about two million soldiers
• The south had about 750 thousand soldiers
• The north outnumbered the south by about 3 to 1

LEADERS OF THE NORTH

• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant

LEADERS OF THE SOUTH

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee

NORTHERN GOVERNMENT

• The union
• Abraham Lincoln was president

SOUTHERN GOVERNMENT

• The confederate states of America
• The president was Jefferson Davis
• Lasted form 1861-1865

NORTH ADVANTAGES

• Four times as many free citizens
• Had many people to grow food & to work in factories & make supplies

SOUTHERN ADVANTAGES

• Gave homeland a strong reason to fight
• Skills made their soldiers stronger

NORTHERN DISADVANTAGES

• Had to conquer a large area to bring the south back
• Invading unfamiliar land

SOUTHERN DISADVANTAGES

• Had few factories to produce weapons, railroads, and supplies
• Didn't have enough railroads to transport things

NORTHERN ECONOMY

• More industrialized
• Had factory jobs
• Manufactured jobs

SOUTHERN ECONOMY

• Made a large profit by not paying their slaves for labor
• Lost money because they lost a majority of their workers
• Highly dependent upon selling staples to the world market

NORTHERN GEOGRAPHY

• Had a majority of the natural resources found in America
• Weren't fighting on their own land

SOUTHERN GEOGRAPGY

• Were familiar with their land
• Had a lot of ports for shipping and receiving products

VICTORIES OF THE NORTH

• Battle of Antietam, MD September 17, 1862
• Battle of Chattanooga, TN October 17, 1863

SOUTHERN VICTORIES

• First battle of bull run,VA July 21, 1861
• Battle of cold harbor, VA June, 1864

LAWS PASSED BY THE NORTH

• The morrill tariff in 1861
• The legal tender act in 1862

LAWS PASSED BY THE SOUTH

• South passed the conscription act in 1862