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In class we looked at statistics, facts, and strategies of the North and the South during the time of the Civil War. The assignment was to create an infographic to show how the differences between the two effected each strategy and the outcome of the war. I chose the statistic of population, railroad mileage, industrial workers, and percentage of slave owners. I chose population, mileage and industrial workers of the North and South because these statistics also show the advantages and disadvantages. The North exceeded the South in all of these areas which, in turn, became advantages for the North. They had more people to fight, could transport supplies and troops faster, make goods that were needed and had money from the industries. Since the South fell less in these areas the North had the upper hand. I also chose the statistic of the percentage of slave owners in the South to show how much slavery was used and valued in the region. This also showed their reason to fight. This process was a fun way to see the differences and problems that the North and South faced. I first made graphs of the different statistics to show a 'background' of what each region had during this time. Then I decided to explain the strategies after the graphs to show how the statistics effected those strategies. The infographic was a helpful and cool way of presenting data and simply explaining the topic at hand. I would recommend this method for future projects.

 

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