Answer: 1.- They had their own issues and didn't want to get involved in a major conflict. and 2.- They were warned by the Union government that any European intervention or assistance to the Confederacy would be greeted as an act of war.
Explanation: From the perspective of Britain and France, there was good reason to help the Confederacy and intervene in the Civil War. Southern plantations produced large quantities of cotton, which was a staple used in textile production and industry in Britain and France. Disrupting this influx of cotton would damage European textiles, therefore making it important for European countries to keep strong links with the Confederacy. However, the two main reasons explained before, deter European nations to intervene.
There is considerable uncertainty over the exact nature of the church’s argument with Galileo. It has been suggested that his real crime was publicly to challenge the authority of a Catholic hierarchy that in fact included many who were sympathisers or supporters, or even that the heliocentric issue (Copernican Theory) was less of a problem than his atomic theories, which undermined the doctrine of transubstantiation (the conversion of the bread and wine into the body and spirit of Christ in the mass)
Iron ore and Crude Petroleum.
Without the railroads, the economy of the West would have had a very hard time expanding. The economy of the West was based largely on mining and agriculture. Both of these industries needed a way to get their products back to the East, where the vast majority of Americans lived.