No it itsn't!
actually there are a lot of external determinants: the current state of the economy, location (the same work might be compensated differently on Manhattan and in Alabama) and also just - luck.
In reference to the Civil War?
The ports where initially shut down to prevent the export of cotton and smuggling of war supplies into the Confederacy. The obstruction was an important economic
policy that successfully barred Confederate access to weapons that the industrialized
North could produce for itself.
At first, the US only was on the East Coast, but with the Louisiana Purchase, the US' size doubled. It was also very cheap with an acre costing couple cents.
The common of the three would be the language. These three ethnic groups had struggled regarding language. They did not use the language that is being used by the dominant groups. However, they differ in terms on how they cope with the changes. For the Xianjing, violence occurred because the Uighur were forced to assimilate with the Chinese during the Han dynasty. They tried to fight it at first, but they were outnumbered.
Quebec had allowed the French to be their official language to avoid bigger conflict between their colonizers.
While Chechnya had been the most violent one. The Chechens had waged war against the Russians. At first, they were able to win, however they had lose during the second war when the Russians were able to control Chechnya.
