Strengths And Weaknesses Of North And South

The civil war was a battle between the union and the confederacy to preserve the union. The war took 4 years for the north to win, and near the end of the war, the north was also fighting to end slavery. The north won the war because they had more resources, better strategies, and better transportation.

Differences: The North had 22,000,000 troops and the South had only 9,000,000. During the battle the North had twice as many soldiers then the South. But, during the battle the South had about 3,500,000 slaves as their help, during the battle. 92% of the nation’s industries were in the North, very little industrial development, mostly an agrarian economy in the South. The North had 75% of the nation’s wealth banking, manufacturing, and shipping. Most of the wealth in the South was in land and in slaves. The cause for fighting was to preserve the Union at first. Later the emancipation of slaves. The South’s was to gain independence and to protect their way of life including slavery.

The northern population is 22 million compared to the southern population of 9 million. With this large population, it is easier for North to draft soldiers, produce more food, and probably raise taxes. Though the South had skilled generals but the North has larger army and people to fight.

The Northerners had access to many things such as the means of transportation and being able to supply goods and uniforms to the navy to help them go to war. They had railroads, money, and the president on their side. Politically, the North had a great support system because the president believed in what the Northerners wanted and therefore, the Southerners felt threatened. They had no support and were in the war on their own. Once the Union won, the Confederates gave up and were not able to keep slaves, it took a while to adapt to it but it was made possible all because of Abraham Lincoln supporting and

The population that the North had was much larger than the South and this gave them advantages and led to victory

Economically, the Civil War was not a contest between equals. The South had no factories to produce guns or ammunition, and its railroads were small and not interconnected, meaning that it was hard for the South to move food, weapons and men quickly and over long distances. In addition, though agriculture thrived in the South, planters focused on cash crops like tobacco and cotton and did not produce enough food to feed the southern population. The North, on the other hand, had enough food and enough factories to make weapons for all of its soldiers. It also had an extensive rail network that could transport men and weapons rapidly and cheaply. At first, this superiority of the North didn't seem to make much of a difference; like many wars

    .The North which is the Union and the South which is Confederates both had very good strategies and advantages that helped them win the many battles The first advantage had to do with politics. The North's political goal was to was to reconquer Confederate territory and force the South to rejoin the nation. There advantage was that they had more people then the confederates. It is stated in (Michigan History 512) that the Union has over 22 million people. The North had a better advantage over the south because of the amount of people they have. They used combat to try to get them

The North and South had political advantages that would help them win battles. The North had a better political structure. Before the South had seceded there were many laws that Congress could not pass because the South feared it could hurt their economy. Since the South succeeded congress in the North passed laws like the Homestead Act, which opened up public-domain lands for families in the Union (Government During the Civil War). Congress in the North also passed the National Banking Act. The National Banking Act allowed the North to produce currency that they could use to fund things like weapons and food for the Civil war. Although the South did not have as many political advantages as the North, they still had unique features that the North did not have. The South had a “war-tax” that they would collect. They would use

Even though the North and South were two very distinctly different opposing forces during the Civil War, there were some things both sides had in common. The Civil War was primarily fought to abolish slavery after Abraham Lincoln was elected president, but there were core differences between the North and South that caused them to fight for or against slavery. Things like climate, social equality, and the economy, were major factors in determining whether a state was part of the Confederacy or the Union. When the Confederate states seceded they kept many traits from the Union, so there were still some similarities such as technology and political systems. Ultimately, the small amount of similarities between the two sides were overpowered by differences, and led to the North’s victory of the Civil War.

In the North the union has already established their government and national institutions (Becoming America pg. 389). The north had far more industrialized resources than the south. They were more abundant with factories and railroads and were able to produce their own rifles and weapons. Union states had a weak army that was very vulnerable and small in numbers (Becoming America 389). In the Union they were also big on trade and exporting since most of the states were near the coast. Farming wasn’t as prominent in the northern states it was primarily in the southern states. In the north they were far more technologically advanced. All these resources contributed to the victories as well as some losses in the Civil war.

North was home to the major advancements in transportation. They had trains to export and import goods. They were also able to use their ports. They had ships to export and import goods which was a major advantage. North also had the majority of the wealth. This would become an advantage during the war. They had the population and the money over the south.

The North was able to recruit many soldiers to fight in the civil war. Having more soldiers in the North helped carry out better attacks on the South as well as defeat more Confederate soldiers. In,”Strengths and Weaknesses: North vs. South”, it states,”On paper, the Union outweighed the Confederacy in almost every way. Nearly 21 million people lived in 23 Northern states.” (ushistory.org).

This was due to the many advantages. One was leadership the union possessed the leader of the free world, President Abraham Lincoln. The President had the power to enforce rules that the confederacy could not do. For example the Emancipation Proclamation. The Union also had the upper hand because they had more people. The population of the North was far greater than the south. This means they had more men to fight in the war. The north had railroads and telegraphs. This made getting bullets and other much needed products to their destinations. (Callender, A,

What were the advantages and disadvantages that the north and south had against each other during the civil war ? “There were twelve million more people living in the north than the south at the time of the civil war. The south had only nine million people living in the confederate states along with three and a half million slaves.” Strengths and Weaknesses: North vs. South, ushistory.org. The Union insisted that they would attack the south. The south only had to play defense most of the war. “Union states had a very big industrial advantage over the Confederate states”. Strengths and Weaknesses: North vs. South, ushistory.org. “The north controlled the seas.” Strengths and Weaknesses: North vs. South, ushistory.org. The south had a very big disadvantage when it came to fighting in the water. “The south didn't get any food, gunpowder and ammo from there old ports they had to melt down crosses from churches and belt buckles to get bullets while the north was taking their railroad tracks to make bullets from.” Strengths and Weaknesses: North vs. South, ushistory.org

There were numerous key roles that played victory in the northern military’s success. Some included the railroad links, the monopoly in shipping, and the industrialized economy. The most important thing the North had was the more commercialized economy system, whereas the south invested in land and slaves. One thing that stood out the most in the North’s victory was the fact that they were superior in numbers. The ten times more manpower than the south had. Not only did thousands of European immigrants join the Union but also those who joined were freed and escaped slaves that joined the Union after the Emancipation Proclamation happened.