1. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Union and Confederacy

2. Union (North) Strengths Weaknesses Population of 22 million people
90 percent of nations manufacturing
More farms to provide food
21,000 miles of railroads
Nations wealth (gold, Banks) located here
Weaknesses
No military leadership
Most great military leaders went home to south

3. Confederate States of America (South)
Strengths
Fighting a defensive war in their own territory
Military leadership
Weaknesses
Economy couldn’t support a long war
Few Factories to make guns
Couldn’t stop a union blockade
Only 9000 miles of railroads
No supplies
All money located in land

4. Abraham Lincoln
Leader of the union
Became a lawyer
Had little Military experience
Had a good sense of humor
Jefferson Davis
Leader of the confederate states of America
Grew up on a small plantation
Commander in Mexican War
U.S. Senator in Mississippi