Q Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the North and South at the beginning of the war. What northern strengths actually led to northern victory, and what Confederate weaknesses explain southern defeat?
There had been acquisition/possession of manpower as well as other types of resources more for the North. This had been advantageous because there could be better moves made by the North with more strength to boost confidence. There had been higher percentage of ships possessed by North to attack via water routes. There had been more stretches of the constructed and regularly utilized tracks of railroad in the North. The percentage of factories had also been more than the South. The types and percentages of minerals had also been more in the North.
