Had more population • Had more factories
• Had more railroads
Controlled the nation's banks
.
These factors gave an economic advantage to the
Civil War.
in the years leading up to the
North
South
Border States
Western territories

These factors gave an economic advantage to the NORTH in the years leading up to the civil war.

The northern states had more factories and railroads, as they were very much industrialized, and had a bigger population.

This gave them an advantage in the civil war.

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