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

North:

South:

North                                       Strength The North had an enormous industrial advantagethe North manufactured 97 percent of the country's firearms

                                            Weakness

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

                                            Weakness

At the beginning of the war, the Confederacy had only one-ninth the industrial capacity of the Union.There was not even one rifle works in the entire South                                       StrengthThe South could produce all the food it neededThe South also had a great nucleus of TRAINED OFFICERS. Seven of the eight military colleges in the country were in the South.

The goods the europeans wanted the most were gold, jewels, silk, perfumes, and especially spices.