Advantages of the North and South

Recently in Honors History 10 we have been learning about the Civil War and the number behind it. For this particular unit we had to make an infographic to answer the essential question of: how did the differences between the North and the South affect each region’s strategies and success in the war? Each student in my class created their own infographic. We were allowed to choose which facts we put into our infographics.

            For my infographic I started out with the stats behind what percent of slave owners held certain numbers of slaves. I lead off with these particular statistics because they help show why the south was fighting. They were fighting for their way of life. Many slave owners invested tons of money on slaves and without them they would not be able to run their buisnesses. Next, I had a chart, which shows the populations in the north and south. This was included because the north outnumbered the south by such a large amount. Finally, I included a chart of the percent of resources for the north and the percent of resources for the south. This process of creating an infographic helped further by understanding of why the union was able to defeat the confederacy in the Civil War. My personal belief is that numbers don’t lie and the numbers included in my infographic certainly help explain why the north was able to defeat the south.