By being in the north and wanting the south to rid of slaves, and to make them join the north. but the south only had huge amounts of farm land, and no way to sow, till, or harvest all that land with out a few hundred slave workers. the north seen that as unnescessary to do. the north also laid out laws that the south didnt agree with leading to the southern states declaring independancy against the north witch lead to war.
He wanted to work in a different field, as in like job. Hope I helped. Sorry it took someone 4 days to respond to this.
The Mississippi River was a long trail of flowing water. Erie Canals were made to be long and help water travel to help crops and plants grow. Hope I helped! :)