The correct answer is that the North wanted control of the river to divide the South in two, while the South wanted use of the river to keep the Confederacy strong.
The Union had developed, with respect to the Mississippi River, the Anaconda Plan. This plan had as objective to control the adjacent territory to the river in its two margins, in order to split the territory of the Confederation in two.
For its part, the Confederation had as objective to maintain its total control over the river, since by controlling the Mississippi it could establish commercial relations with European countries, like France, that allowed it to cover the expenses of the war, since the river represented a quick exit to the Gulf of Mexico, and therefore to the Atlantic Ocean.
When the constitution was being forged, there was much discussion about what exactly the nation was to be. Later, when the northern states decided that slavery was to be illegal, southern states were concerned about how they would continue to run their plantations. The issue of states’ rights was one of the largest concerns during the time before the civil war broke out. Southern states wanted to decide for themselves if slavery was to be legal;they were not allowing northern states to make such decisions for them. People from the North found the practice to be so reprehensible that they wanted to force the South to stop the practice. While slavery was a significant <span>reason for the civil war, states’ rights divided the nation.</span>
Answer: Cities
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Political maps are designed to show governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities, and they usually include significant bodies of water.
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European output of printed books from the 15th through the 18th century. The global spread of the printing press began with the invention of the printing press with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany c. 1439.
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