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Why did the North have an economic advantage over the South?

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north had more farms to supply food for the troops then south
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Answer:because the north was more industrially advance than the south, the south would rely more on slave agriculture mainly cotton. The north would by the cotton from the south for a cheaper price and sold back the goods they made using the cotton to the south. Which generated more money for the north.

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