North & South Project Darian Almonte 2/25/14
Transportation In The North National Roads – They had better roads, inexpensive way to deliver products . Ships & Canals – river travels fast, steam boats, and row boats . Rail road – steam-powered machine ( fastest transportation and travels across land, down valleys and up mountain ranges. HY ! D A
Water ! Southern rivers made water travel easy and cheap. Transportation In The South Water ! Southern rivers made water travel easy and cheap. Southern town sprang up along water ways. Transportation - The south had horses, trains, and steam boats. But the only thing with there transportation is it wasn’t as good as the north. Because the north had a bigger population and more people came up with ideas on how to build things. And more people helped build tracks and machines.
Economy of the north • MORE Cities & Factories • Industrial Revolution: Introduction of the Machine • products were made cheaper and faster • shift from skilled crafts people to less skilled laborers • Economy BOOST!!
Economy of the south • Agriculture: Plantations and Slaves. − White Southerners made living off the land. − Cotton Kingdom – Eli Whitney. •cotton made slavery more Important. •cotton spread west, so slavery increases.
Way of life in the North • Climate – frozen winters, hot/humid summers. • Natural features – coastline, bays, and harbors fishermen, shipbuilding, Inland - rocky soil – farming hard; turned to trade and crafts (timber for shipbuilding)
Way of life in the south • Climate – mild winters; long, hot, humid summers • Natural features: − coastline: swamps and marshes (rice & sugarcane, fishing) inland - indigo, tobacco, & corn − Towns follow rivers inland!
The North's Strength’s STRENGTHS • More people than South. • 90% of nation’s manufacturing in North. • more RR tracks (will become nation’s biggest business post-civil war) WEAKNESSES • Military Leaders 1/3 of nation’s military officers returned to the South Many remaining officers too old for combat. • and they must invade the south.
The South’s Strength’s • Fighting a defensive battle. • Great Military Leaders. WEAKNESSES • Economy− wealth in land & slaves Few factories to produce guns and military Supplies. • Transportation Problem = lacked RR network & Transportation.
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