Answer:
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.
Explanation:
The North could now transport troops and supplies deep into the center of the Confederacy.
It was the fertile soil and the land that attracted people.
Which statement best describes a difference between a democracy and a republic?
Answer - A) citizens in a democracy can ether directly or indirectly influence the government, while citizens in a republic can only indirectly influence government through elected officials
Democracy - "a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives."
Republic - "a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch."
Slavery was so profitable, it sprouted more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation. With cash crops of tobacco, cotton and sugar cane, America's southern states became the economic engine of the burgeoning nation. ... The slave economy had been very good to American prosperity