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Discuss The Differences Between The North And South During The Civil War

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The United States of America is a large country with vast and diverse landscape ranging from mountains and glaciers in the north to subtropical forests and coasts in the south. However, in spite of the geographical variance, the major differences between the northern and southern America rooted in its complex historical context. The earliest official recognition of the northern and southern states as regional entities was in 1796, when George Washington used the terms “North” in referring to the states that fought as the Union states and “South” for those as Confederate states during the American Civil War (). However, differences between the North and the South were readily apparent well before the American Revolution. In 1861, the Civil War erupted between the two sides, and much of the conflict led to some sectional differences. These differences emerge in their ideology in religion and politics through history, and would also have a more practical impact on the …show more content…

As Kivumbi wrote in his article Difference Between the North and the South During the Civil War, “Farming was the major activity of the South and people earned from plantation crops including tobacco, sugarcane, rice and cotton the produce of which was mainly exported to Europe.” The South was majorly relied on plantation and exportation because of the geographic advantages. The coastal characteristics of the southern states, along with the Mississippi River, had provided abundant water resource to support the plantations, and the warmer climate ensured the high agricultural yield in the South. As a result, the North became more industrialized and constructed more complete transportation networks to meet the huge desire of domestic trade, while the South failed to follow the trend of the

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