Which of these was NOT an advantage of the North in the Civil War?

once he became head of state in 1915, venustiano (his name was not victoriano) carranza was able to implement some of his ideas, such as the drafting and the promulgation of the mexican constitution of 1917, which is still the current constitution of that country.  

he founded the house of wisdom to encourage arabic translation.

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