Answer:
It was stupendous American victory. The success gave France the confidence in the American cause to enter the war as an American ally.
Explanation:
True; Northerners were also called Yankees during the Civil War
The nations had different systems of government and different economic systems. The USSR hated the U.S and it's capitalism, hoping to one day crush it but with the fall of the USSR in 1991, It was a monumental victory for capitalism over communism and socialism.