Strategies and Resources Leading into the Civil War

          An info graph is a way to show information about certain events or topics. To make an info graph you need to first get an understanding of the topic. Then researching topics within your topic is another important part. With the research you can make graphs, charts, and other types of visual ways to show statistics or information. You can edit these visual types of displaying information to be appropriate to what topic you are researching. After the graphs and everything you can add descriptions to explain your graphs even further. This offers a way for visual and reading learners to understand the topic. For this specific info graph it was on the resources of both sides before and during the Civil War. These statistics showed that the North held more advantages than the South did. The population and railroad mileage, to me, seemed to be very strategic advantages for the North. With that many more people in the North (21.5 million) than the South (9 million) the army for the North could have very well tripled the size of the South's before the first battle. The railroad mileage is also important because it offered easy transportation for the Union army. With easy access to transportation supplying armies with food, weapons, and soldiers would be easier. However the South did have a major resource; they had seven of the eight military colleges. The only thing better than large numbers is having a leader who knows what they're doing. This is exactly what the South had, so they're tactics would most likely be better than the North's. Even with that advantage the resources indicated that the North would end up victorious.

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