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Why was controlling the Mississippi River vital to the North and the South during the Civil War?
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Why was controlling the Mississippi River vital to the North and the South during the Civil War?

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because the Mississippi river offered resources.
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The River offered a port for transporting supplies to the South, which was very important to them.
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