The Dominating North

The Civil War: The North Dominates | Create infographics

Recently in Class, we worked individually creating projects which answered the essential question of, "How did the differences between the North and South affect each regions strategy and success in the civil war?" My teacher gave us a few options on which website we wanted to use to create the infogram. I chose to answer the essential question by using infogr.am. I thought this website presented nice templates to use, as well as creative ways to display the information given. Although at first glance an infogram looks easy to make, it was definitely a long process. Before creating the infogram, it was essential to analyze all the documents given and then decide how to accurately and efficiently display the info. For my presentation, I chose a template that was easy to understand. However, I also used many forms of displaying the info, so that there was some variation. I think variation is important and helps the viewer to be more engaged in the information. Including paragraph after paragraph of information is much more boring than displaying that info in charts. After analyzing the information, it was evident that the North had a clear advantage over the south. In almost all the information given, the north clearly dominated. In my infogram, I put the Union and Confederacy resources first, as I believe this is where the North clearly had an advantage. The amount of resources that the North had compared to south was unbelievable. For instance, in areas such as population, transportation, factories, government, money, and crops, the north dominated. In terms of statistics, I chose to include the total slave population in both the North and South. I thought this was important as slavery stood as a large component in the war. Also, I included statistics about slave percentages, as this was also an important statistic. Among these statistics and facts, I included a few other graphs and information, which can be seen below on my infogram. By simply doing this project and researching the Union and Confederacy, I was able to better understand the advantages, strategies, and motives of the North and South.