Name____________Chloe

Chua__________________________________Date____4/18/2024_____________Period __8_______

ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES of the NORTH and the

SOUTH
Read each statement and decide if it would be an advantage or disadvantage, and it the statement would
describe the North or the South. Write a brief explanation with EVIDENCE (from the reading, charts,
graphs, etc) from the documents you viewed.

1. This region had more manufacturing and factory workers.

Advantage/ Disadvantage NORTH/SOUTH
Evidence: Goods Became More Affordable and More Accessible
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2. This region had a bigger enslaved population, but they were not allowed to fight for their portion of the
country. Advantage/ Disadvantage NORTH/SOUTH
Evidence: ______________ The Rapid Evolution of Labor-Saving Inventions
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3. This region had a bigger overall population. Advantage/ Disadvantage

NORTH/SOUTH
Evidence: ______ ___________________ The Rapid Evolution of Medicine
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4. This region started from nothing and had to choose a new president at the start of war.
Advantage/ Disadvantage NORTH/SOUTH
Evidence: __________________ Enhanced Wealth and Quality of Life of the Average Person
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 5. This region had poor military leaders and strategy. Advantage/ Disadvantage
NORTH/SOUTH
Evidence: ____________ Overcrowding of Cities and Industrial Towns
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6. This region had knowledge of fighting on their own land where more battles were fought.
Advantage/ Disadvantage NORTH/SOUTH
Evidence: __________________ Pollution and Other Environmental Ills

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7. This region was fighting with a passion and a cause they believed in strongly.
Advantage/ Disadvantage NORTH/SOUTH
Evidence: ___________________ Poor Working Conditions
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8. This region had advanced military leaders and strategy.

Advantage/ Disadvantage NORTH/SOUTH
Evidence: _________________________ The Rise in Unhealthy Habits
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9. Although this region was known for large farms, nothing they grew helped with war.
Advantage/ Disadvantage NORTH/SOUTH
 Evidence: ________________________Foreign
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10. This region had almost twice as many states than the other region.
Advantage/ Disadvantage NORTH/SOUTH
Evidence: ________________United
Kingdom_______________________________________________________________________________
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