Which of These Was Not One of the Advantages That

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of these was not one of the advantages that the North possessed at the beginning of the Civil War?

• A) An extensive network of railroad lines for transporting supplies.
• B) About four times what the South had to finance the war.
• C) More factories to equip its army with clothes, food and weapons.
• D) An existing navy.
• E) An urgent drive to win the war and end slavery.

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