New England farmers had mostly salt water, hard grounds, and unforgiving weather. Southern farmers had fresh water, soft soils, and plenty of rain and enough sunshine.
To become stronger. This is in WWI right? They supported eachother.
<span>This is of course somewhat of a subjective question, but in general most would agree that in general expansion was not justifiable since the Mexicans and Natives were doing nothing to provoke the US. One could argue it was justifiable since Americans needed more land. </span>
The answer for that question is The civil trial