A) The South didn't need to conquer the North to win its independence.
The South was just planning on defending itself till the North grew tired, but the North had to conquer the South to be able to reunite the Union and win the war.
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be that it had "little-to-no effect" on trade, since gold and salt in fact allowed many of these kingdoms to profit greatly.</span></span>
