NORTH VS. SOUTH

SIZE

• The confederacy had 9,101, 090
• The union had 22,342,231 people
• The confederacy had 11 states in its territory
• While the union had 20.
• The union had a great advantage over the confederacy when it comes to size

LAWS PASSED IN THE UNION

• Congress passed Morrill Tariff Lincoln suspends writ of have as corpustrent affair occurs
• 1862 congress passed legal tender act, homestead act, and Morrill land grant act
• 1863 congress passed national banking act drafts initiated in the north draft riots in NY
• City France invades Mexico

LAWS PASSED IN THE CONFEDERACY

• On April 24, 1863, congress passed the toughest tax law ever seen in the south
• Rates were increased , an income tax was authorized, and a profit was
• Imposed in farm products

THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERACY VS UNION (MILLION)

ADVANTANGES IN THE UNION

• There was a much larger land area with a lot more people to fight
• The north had an enormous industrial advantage
• Since the north had power over the navy, the seas were controlled by the union
• During the war in 1860, the north crated more than 90% of nearly everything

ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES IN THE CONFEDERACY

• There was not even one rifle work in all of the south
• However the south could produce an food it needed to
• Their greatest strength was being able to fight on their own land
• They were able to then harass the northerners with their land

SOLDIERS(UNION)

• They had regular supplies of food, equipment, ammunition, and clothing
• The also had better access to technological developments so they had better weapons
• Such as, repeated rifling,Gatling guns, and different types of canons

THE ARMY(CONFEDERATES)

• They did not have such a good supply system because the were more agricultural
• The quite often used the muskets the brought from home.
• The confederacys army had great leadership.
• And for a period of time won many battles because of it.

GEOGRAPHY(NORTH)

• Natural features are the coastline with the bays, and harbors
• And also is the inland with the rocky soil which was good for farming

GEOGRAPHY(SOUTH)

• The climate was mild winters, and long, hot, and humid summers
• The coastlines was full of swamps, and marshes (good for fishing,rice, and sugarcane)
• Inland: indigo, tobacco, and corn was cropped
• The towns would follow the rivers inland

ECONOMY(NORTH)

• There were bigger cities which meant more factories
• The industrial revolution hit which made products faster and cheaper
• The economy went up a lot!

ECONOMY (SOUTH)

• It was all about farming and slaves.
• The southerners made their only profit off of the land they farmed
• Cotton made salver more important
• Cotton spread west so salver increased