North vs.South in Civil War

In my infograph, I used the Slave Density statistics in Document A because the South had more slaves than the North, and therefore depended on the slaves' production of cotton. Normally the South traded the cotton produced by slaves for other resources that they needed for the army. President Lincoln discontinued the ports along the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf of Mexico in the South. This prevented the South from trading their cotton to Europe and receiving manufactured goods needed for the the army. I also used the Resources of Union and Confederacy statistics in Document B because the differences in numbers between the North and South impacted their armies. Since the North had a bigger population, more men were able to fight in the army, as well as having people available to maintain the land and produces resources. Also, the North had more railroad mileage, which made it easier for them to transport supplies for the army. Another advantage for the North was that they were able to make more supplies that were needed in the army because the North contained more industrial workers than the South. From these statistics, I realized how the North and South used their advantages to create strategies in the Civil War.


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