Advantages and Disadvantages

What was the major issue between the North and the South starting in the 1850s?

• industry

• cotton

• slavery

• women's rights

What was a major strength of the Union?

• education
• slavery
• more churches
• factories

What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?

• factories
• smaller populations
• larger populations
• poor populations

What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?

• heavy industrial development
• a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
• superior military leadership
• an alliance with Britain and France

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Jefferson Davis
• Davis Crenshaw
• David Clark
• Stephen Douglas

When looking at advantages and disadvantages, a conclusion can be made that:

• The North should win the war quickly.
• The South would win the war.
• The North would win the war after a long time.
• The North had fewer foreign allies than the South.

One advantage the South had over the North during the war was that they had great

• Railroads and canals to move weapons
• Great military leaders
• Better vehicles

More factories, larger population, and more railroads 

• Confederate advantages
• Union advantages
• Reasons for  Southern victory
• Cause of the battle of Gettysburg

What word means "to leave" as in to leave the Union?

• Secede
• Surrender
• Emancipate
• Liberate

What crop was grown in the South that increased the need for slave labor?

• Corn
• Rice
• Soybeans
• Cotton