Catherine the Great was not actually Russian at all. She was born a Prussian (German) and married Peter the Great, who adored the Prussians. She was a German leader of the Russian throne after overthrowing her husband.
Both the union and confederate utilized private sectors as their main force of economy and both of them also heavily involved in agricultural sectors.
The thing that distinguish the two of them were the confederate relies too heavily on slave labour while the northern states relied on manufacturing equipment/technologies.
Because of the enforcement of laws on the republic