NORTH V. SOUTH

STRATEGY OF THE NORTH

• Invade Confederacy and destroy it's will to Resist
• Obtain loyalty from border states
• Construct a navel blockade down 3,500 miles of Confederate coastline
• Prevent European Powers from assisting the Confederacy

STRATEGY OF THE SOUTH

• Defend Confederate land
• Prevent the Union from destroying the army
• Destroy Union's will to fight

SIZE OF ARMY

• Union - had more than 2,210,000 people
• Confederacy - had between 750,000 to 1,000,000 people

GOVERNMENT

• Union
• had a standard U.S. Government with a president (Lincoln)
• Confederacy
• consisted of the governments of 11 states that seceded from the Union

ECONOMY OF THE UNION

• Industry Economy
• Money had value
• Many factories
• Had enough food to support everyone
• Population 2xs bigger than Confederates

ECONOMY OF THE CONFEDERACY

• Agricultural economy
• Money worthless
• Blockade prevented trade.
• Not many factories
• Not enough food

MAJOR VICTORIES

• Union - Battle of Rich Mountain
• Union - Battle of Shiloh
• Confederacy - Battle of Fort Sumpter
• Confederacy - First Battle of Bull Run

LEADERSHIP

• Union - Ulysses S. Grant (General)
• Union - Abraham Lincoln (President)
• Confederacy - Robert E. Lee (General)
• Confederacy - Jefferson Davis (President)

SOLDIERS

• Union - Army made of volunteers
• Confederacy - Soldiers more skilled

ADVANTAGES OF UNION AND CONFEDERACY

• Union - 4xs as many Free Citizens
• Union - Many Farmers and Factory Workers
• Confederacy - had a strong reason to fight
• Confederacy - had some of the best officers

DISADVANTAGES OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERACY

• Union - had a bigger area to concur
• Union - invading unfamiliar land
• Confederacy - few factories, railroads, ect.
• Confederacy - Smaller population
• Confederacy - 1/3 of population enslaved

GEOGRAPHY

• Union - North
• Union - more than 70% of rail lines
• Confederacy - South
• Confederacy - few railroads to move troops and supplies

SPEECHES/LAWS PASSED IN UNION

• 1861 - Morrill Tariff
• 1862 - Legal Tender Act & Homestead Act
• 1862 - Morrill Land Grant Act
• 1863 - National Banking Act Drafts & Emancipation Proclomation
• 1863 - Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln

SPEECHES/LAWS PASSED IN CONFEDERACY

• 1861 - Jefferson Davis becomes President
• 1862 - Conscription Act & Confiscation Act
• 1863 - Bread Riots take place

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