Blue and the Gray: The Lineups

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Blue and the Gray: The Lineups

Northern Advantages: Southern Advantages: Larger ____________ Greater industrial capacity Better _________system Control of the navy An established __________________ Diplomatic ties/service Political organization Southern Advantages: Interior lines ______________business interests tied to the South. Good military leadership Jefferson Davis experienced Advantage of ______________warfare. More homogenous population Population Northern railroad government defensive

Disadvantages Disadvantages U.S. Army _________, confined to Western theater Lincoln knows little of war, foreign affairs Disadvantages States rights____________ hampers unity Davis politically handicapped by __________-party system small philosophy one

Southern Problems: The Confederate _____________had to be created— experienced _______________ was not a problem but the basic _____________needs to be created. Post offices, etc., continue to function but government offices, clerks, etc., need to be established. Both sides expected a short war—neither was prepared for a drawn-out conflict. Yankees and Confederates expected it to be over in____________. government leadership machinery weeks