The majority of immigrants to America before 1870 were of western European descent, such as the Irish and French, although there were immigrants from all over the world as well.
There are 8 elements for a group of people to be a religion:
1.) Cities/Towns
2.) Specialization of labor
3.) Education/Art
4.) Form of government
5.) Religion
6.) Writing
7.) Technology
8.) Trade
This was taken directly from my notes. Hope it helped.
I would go for:
<span>North had a more widespread network of railroads available for delivering troops and supplies to the battlefield.</span>
