Because of the fertile farm land.
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The U.S. economy sank into recession early
in the 1990s and then rebounded with the
longest running expansion in the Nation’s
history.1 Real gross domestic product (GDP)
growth slowed in 1990 as the country slipped into
recession. By 1992, however, recovery began and
GDP grew throughout the remainder of the decade. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by
nearly 21 million workers during the decade.2
Employment in export-sensitive industries followed a cyclical pattern, turning down for the
1990–91 recession and the later Asian economic
crisis. Reduced defense spending resulted in job
losses in defense-related industries, especially
early in the decade.
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Cut off western parts of the Confederacy and gain naval ports
The Mississippi access would prevent supplies from getting to Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Also the Union would gain access to New Orleans which proved to be an important port and allow the navy to surround the Confederacy.
Ancient Greeks invented the use of technology in warfare. It is the base of military superiority of the civilization of the West. The first such invention was the Phalanx which was used against the Persians. The Athenians produced very fast triremes. The Greeks in Sicily developed the first advanced catapults. In the period of Alexander the Great colossal siege engines were produced. Alexander introduced an army that could move very fast (even today very important) a fact which requires an organization and planning. The Greek Ptolemaic kings of Egypt produced very large ships. The wars of the Diadochi for the control of the territory conquered by Alexander the Great continued for many years. The Romans very fast acquired the Greek military technology and developed the most organized military system the world ever has seen. The small city states of Greece were intergrated in an Empire that could afford the loss of many thousands of soldiers in a battle or in catastrophical events. Pyrrhus of Epirus experienced this fact. Approximately 400000 Roman soldiers died in the Carthaginian war. Around 100000 Romans died in a storm off Cape Pachynus in 255 BC which destroyed a Roman fleet.