The significant advantage possessed by the Union at the beginning of the Civil War is a larger free population. They also have created big factories that can produce military supplies and ammunition. They have access to railways. This made transportation of men and supplies easier.
Answer:
the stamp act directly affected the colonists; taxes prior to the stamp act were indirect taxes, paid only by merchants.
Explanation:
One reason that more people didn’t foresee the economic collapse of the 1930s is that it came about so suddenly, with practically no warning, since the US economy throughout the 20s was thriving and "booming"--leading people to think that there were no issues whatsoever.