Question

Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the North and the South at the start of the Civil War.

North:


South:

Answer 1

North

Strength

1. The North had an enormous industrial advantage
2. the North manufactured 97 percent of the country's firearms

Weakness

1. . They did not know the land the other side were fighting on the defensive in its own territory and were familiar with the landscape

South

Weakness

1. At the beginning of the war, the Confederacy had only one-ninth the industrial capacity of the Union.
2. There was not even one rifle works in the entire South

Strength

1. The South could produce all the food it needed
2. The South also had a great nucleus of TRAINED OFFICERS. Seven of the eight military colleges in the country were in the South.