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Christopher Columbus is the explorer who is credited for discovering America. Of course, there were already people living in America at the time who we call Native Americans. There even was a European, Leif Ericsson, who had been to the Americas before. However, it was Columbus' voyage that started the exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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The Mississippi River is the main river transportation system in the nation, and back in the Civil War, this river was even more important for transportation.
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The North could now transport troops and supplies deep into the center of the Confederacy.
