Strengths/Weaknesses of the South
Strengths
Could produce all food needed
Strong Military Leadership (7 of the 8 military colleges in the
country were in the South)
Home advantage
Had the possibility of foreign alliances (Great Britain and
France were major buyers of southern
cotton)
Strong Military Leadership (7 of the 8 military colleges in the
country were in the South)
Home advantage
Had the possibility of foreign alliances (Great Britain and
France were major buyers of southern
cotton)
Weaknesses
Hardly any industries (Didn’t even have a
rifleworks)
Barely any railroads, which made transportation
difficult
Had no control of the
Navy
rifleworks)
Barely any railroads, which made transportation
difficult
Had no control of the
Navy