What were the respective advantages of the north and south as the civil war began? how did those advantages affect the military strategies of the union and the confederacy?

The North had a larger population and a more advance industry while the South was still mainly focused on agriculture, cotton, and slaves. The two things that the South had in advantage were better generals and a home field advantage as many battles were fought in the South.  Since the North had a larger army, they believed the greater number of soldiers would best win and continually sent mass amounts of troops whilst the South continued to defend from the South and strategized with well thought out plans.

“i think it is very plausible that if there are five votes to end the death penalty, it could be with the people who are on the court right now,” - smith

so basically it is not clearly and consistently imposed