Which was an advantage held by the south over the north at the start of the civil war?

a.
it's soldiers and generals believed they were protecting their homes and way of life.

b.
it had an industrial economy with limitless immigrant labor to produce weapons.

c.
it's slave population was willing to fight to preserve the plantation system.

d.
it had a far more extensive network of railroads and telegraph lines.

abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.

no

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