The united states increased its power in the pacific ocean

Population growth during the gilded age was due in large part to unemployment among workers. an improved food supply. better health care. immigration to the united states.

Read the following passage. the early mill girls were of different ages. some were not over ten years old; a few were in middle life, but the majority were between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five. the very young girls were called "doffers." they "doffed," or took off, the full bobbins from the spinning frames, and replaced them with empty ones. based on the passage, early mill girls were mostly young. were mostly middle aged. were of a variety of ages. were mostly children.

Based on what you have learned, why would victories in the western theater have been important to the union?