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- to continue surrounding the South's territory
- to block off the Mississippi river
- to block off all forms of Southern trade

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- to keep fighting the war until the Union surrendered
- to convince European countries to help them

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- larger population
- stronger industry
- more material goods like:
- firearms
- railroad locomotives
- cloth

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- not fighting in their own territory
- barely any military training

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- better trained army
- access to a surplus of food
- access to gunpowder

# data[].attributes.body
- small population
- barely any factories
- trade has been blocked off because of the North