The North and South had several contrasting social, economical, and political differences. Some of the opposing views of the upper states included social differences; which involved women, slavery, and views of whether slavery should be allowed. Economics were a major deal for each destination, but they had different focuses. Although the North and South are governed the same way, each had their own view on politics and beliefs. The differences between the two states ultimately led to a new revolution in the United States.
Society was extremely different on both sides, which had to do with womens’ rights and thoughts on slavery. During this time, women had little to no rights so, they organized a group called the Woman Suffrage movement. A Southerner woman, Angelina Grimke, and a Northerner woman, Susan B.
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The reliance of cotton was a huge deal to the South since it was mainly a single cash crop economy. Without slaves to process the cotton, it would make a loss of money to the landowners. “...slaveholders viewed slaves as property, not as people. (book 387) Because of this, the slaves were not looked at with sympathy, but just as another way to earn money. The North did not rely on slave labor, but had skilled workers who earned money- unlike slaves who had to work without pay. The North relied on manufacturing, with this they could produce more products. “Southern industry faced stiff competition from the North and from England, both of which could produce many goods more cheaply.”.(Book 381). Transportation was another major advancement for economy, for both North and South. “The industrial Revolution was an increase production brought up by the use of machines and characterized by the use of new energy sources.” (crash course 32) With this new invention it increased production with industries and farmers by being able to transport
In contrast to the many economical differences of the industrial north and agrarian south, few similarities arise in the struggle of sectionalism. Both the societies consisted of utilization of trade, westward expansion, and the use of unskilled labor. The north's industrial businesses such as textile industries demanded the south's production of cotton in order to maintain its market with oversees buyers. Also, the fight for westward land was among the many conflicts between the north and the south. And the use of unskilled labor was highly shared between these two economies. In the south, the use of untrained African slaves was its main entity to economic success. Like the south, the north used amateur workers in its industries to boost its production.
The North attracted many people for religious reasons and eventually developed a profitable shipbuilding industry based on the natural forests and harbors. More people who were interested in profit inhabited the South. This lead to the importation of a lot of slaves. Women's and slaves rights differed too, the South had fewer women so they were treated better, and the North had fewer slaves so they were not treated as bad. But overall both regions profited and lived happily off their
The North’s economy was based on textiles, shipping, and skilled trades. Their climate was not suited for the same type of agricultural products that the South produced like cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco. Northern states like New England manufactured and shipped goods like guns, clocks, plows and axes (page 399). One reason for the South’s dependence on slavery is because their economy relied on the existence of slave labor. For example, the cultivation of cotton depended largely on slave labor, with 75% of the crop grown on plantations,
Both areas had many farmers, but the south was successful with big plantations. The southern economy depended on agriculture while the North was based on technological advancement. The North successful developed many industries, while the south improved their farming methods (Roark, 7). The south farmers established huge plantations for cash crop production especially cotton. In addition, slavery became an important factor that provided
Even though the North and the South origins were both from Europe, their customs and living habits were different. The North and the South began to notice these differences as they broke away from Britain in the Revolutionary War. The North and South emerged into two different regions, due to their various differences. These differences included the geography, the economy, the social and classification status, and transportation.
ship the cotton but this meant that the South had to pay the North to
The main difference between the Northern and Southern states was that the North was mostly populated by small farms and larger towns and cities with mercantile and factory-based economies, in contrast the South was populated by large plantations and had relatively fewer large cities and few factories. Since the north had significantly more factories, they tended to trade more manufactured goods instead of raw materials like the south. The south’s economy was heavily reliant on the labor of slaves, the north had slaves as well but it did not really compare to that of the
Slavery was the focal point of the economy in the South, this inthrallment was the fuel for the agricultural South as well as the industrial North. Slaves would work the lands of their masters and bring in the raw materials produced, and these raw materials, commonly tobacco and cotton, would be shipped to the North and Europe. The North used the raw materials for the textile mills from the South because it made more economic sense because it cost less than the raw materials coming from Europe. Both regions became dependent upon each other, "the ruin of thousands and hundreds of thousands in the manufacturing states..." (Doc A) would occur if slavery was prevented from spreading by the Republicans. This claim being that if the North continued its free-soil mentality, it would fail as well due to a lack of raw materials caused by an insufficient amount of land for slaves and plantations; "a blow at slavery ia a blow at commerce and civilization..." (Doc R). The North was strongly tied economically to the products of slavery, the South was immensely impacted by slavery, it was the foundation and
The North and the South emerged as two distinctly different sides during the antebellum period. The major differences that emerged during this time revolved around geography/climate, transportation, society and economy. Under these categories involve population, industry and culture. These differences are what shaped each region during this time period.
Between the Northern and Southern sections of the United States there was a lot of differences and they developed along different lines. The South stayed predominantly agrarian in their economy while the North became more industrialized as time went on. Different social cultures and political beliefs began to develop. It eventually led to disagreements on issues like taxes, tariffs and internal improvements as well as states’ rights versus federal rights.
During the first half of the 19th century, there were a variety of issues that caused social and economic differences between the North and the South. Among the variety were the issues of tariffs, immigration and slavery. All of these differences between the two sides just piled on top of one another to form into a huge conflict to fuel the growing crisis that was already brewing between the North and South.
The existence of slavery provided a flexible system of forced labor. It permitted operations on a scale impossible for the family labor system of the North. Finally, the cotton economy benefitted from the South’s natural transportation system. This made shipping very easy and
After getting freedom from Great Britain, there was a big concern on how to run America and its government. It was not an easy decision how t was planned , however people thought of it as dividing the nation into two separate sections; the North and the South. Throughout the 19th century, conflicts arose between the North and South because both the North and South did not agree on the same things; the North and South had many differences mainly because of how they would make their growth in business and whether slavery would be a part of their economy or not. These differences between both the North and South made the tension between both sections unavoidable and eventually lead to the cause of the Civil War.
From the 1820s to the 1840s the North and South’s economic resources were very different. The North was mostly manufactured while the South’s was agriculture based. The North was much more industrialized during this time. They were manufacturing wool and textile goods. While the South was farming, its main crop was cotton. They both had many differences eventually leading to the Civil War. African Americans were used as slaves to produce the amount of cotton the world needed. The slaves wanted freedom they thought this was unfair, the slave masters had to control them from breaking free. The big challenge was power, masters and slaves both wanted something that benefited them own selves. Most of the African Americans accepted that they were
During the Antebellum period, the North and South were divided into two sections. The North opposed slavery while the South believed that it ultimately benefitted society, creating conflicting views on many different issues. The issues that were brought about during the antebellum period between the North and the South were centered around what type of societies slavery created. Although the North and South had some similarities during the antebellum period, the North and South were consistently more different in many aspects.