During the early 19th century, especially before the American Revolution and after the War of 1812, American society changed greatly. It became a nation consisting of two distinct and very different regions: the North and the South. Both regions differ greatly in their economic, social, and political structure causing a drift between the two regions. The drift continues to widen into the 1800s until the disparities leads up to the start of the Civil War in 1861. It was a war that raged across the nation from 1861 to 1865 which became a violent conclusion to the decades of diverse ideas and culture between the two regions.
The North and South differ from each other as one was known for its factories and industries while the other was known
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The populations in the North contain a majority of immigrants who came from Europe and Asia in the mid-1800s looking for a new beginning in the United States while escaping from the war happening in Europe and looking for a new discovery of the world. Also because there were majority of immigrants in the North, they consist about a two-third of the labor force. Which created a competition in the labor market while, at the same time, keeps wages from growing vey quickly. In addition because there were more industries in the North, the labor was considered more expensive and the workers were mobile and active. On the other hand, transportation like railroads ran mostly through the Northern states making it easier for transporting goods and contributing to the growth of industries and cities. In the South, however, the population was much slower as their economy was more dominated on a settled plantation system based on slavery. There were lesser cities being made in the South since industry did not flourished much and because it’s failed to develop diversified economies. The populations were made up of Europeans and enslaved Africans. Slaves made up about one-third of the population in the South and make up most of the labor force. Because their
In the early to mid 19th century, the country was at a major divide. Slavery was still allowed federally, but many northern states had decided to outlaw it in their own region. With new states coming into the union, each side hoped to gain control of the government and attempt to push their agenda. The civil war was a direct result of a north-south political and cultural divide exemplified with arguments abouts which states could be allowed into the union with slavery.
One of the main Economic Differeneces where that there where more trains in the north then in the south. I think that is because the southern people didn’t wont the blacks to get on trains and leave to the north or train. Another one is that more cotton factories were in the south then the north and i think this is because there were more slaves in the south then the north obvoiusly because the north didn’t have slaves. Another thing is that in Doc B they say the populations are very different from the south had 23,000,000 and the south had 8,700,000.
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
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 United States during the 1800s became primarily divided into two sections classified as North and South. In the early years of the 19th century, the market revolution advanced technology and industrialization in America, but impacted the north drastically while the south continued to promote agricultural society. The debate over slavery then became the leading cause to the sectionalism formed in America because most Northerners were opposed to the idea of slavery while many southerners used slaves to maintain economic stability. Sectionalism in the United States was a fundamental cause of the Civil War because of disputes over territorial expansion and increases in physical violence.
In the time just before the Civil War, the United States was one of the most successful nations in the world. The United States had become the world’s leading cotton producing country and had developed industry, which would in the future, surpass that of Great Britain. Also, the United States possessed an advanced railroad and transportation system. However, despite its successes, the United States was becoming increasingly divided. The North and the South had many distinct differences in terms of their social, cultural, and economic characteristics that brought about sectionalism and, eventually, the Civil War.
When we look back at the sectional division of the North and the South in the mid 19th century, one issue stands out as causing the most tension, slavery. However, there were other issues as well, but they all stem back to slavery because the South depended on that in order to have a successful economy. Despite their disagreements over the practice and laws regarding slavery, that reason alone led the South to secede from the Union, which caused the Civil War.
After the 13 colonies declared themselves independent from Great Britain the north began to grow. The north became a center for trade and commerce and educational opportunities, it had larger cities and an urban lifestyle. The rise of banking, manufacturing industries, and skilled workers established a middle class in the North and attracted European immigrants. The north started to boom and large plantations were no longer needed, factories were being built to produce material, weapons, and furniture. Transportation in the north improved as well.
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
Transportation networks took longer to develop in the South since they used canals and waterways to transport their crops. However, the North needed routes and transports for they were many and the kind of jobs available there were different and versified.
In the early 1800s, America changed in a lot of ways in a short amount of time. The change that occurred was, for the most part, the result of the industrial development. The industrial advancements in the early 1800s had a huge amount of consequences, both positive and negative. But the industrial development from 1800 to 1860 affected the North and the South in hugely different ways. The prominent differences eventually caused an amazing amount of tension between the two regions as they moved in completely separate directions. Mainly, the North and the South differentiated when it came to cultures, economies, and political views.
One of the most striking differences between the North and the South was the climate and geography. The North’s climate was full of warm summers and cold winters; the terrain was rocky and hilly, which wasn’t good for farming. But the North did have little farms. Most of the forest was used for shipbuilding, and cities were used for trading centers. The rivers were fast and shallow which made it hard to navigate. Also in the North people used waterpower to run factories, because it was a cheap source of energy. The South was somewhat different; the climate was generally warm and sunny. The summers were long and hot, and the winters were pretty mild. Due to the South’s climate they were able to grow different crops in large amounts, unlike the North. The south had large farms, called plantations. In the South cities developed near rivers, because of rich soil which made it easier for them to farm.
The North and South are similar and different in many ways.Both the North and the South wanted slaves and not free blacks.However the south is not wealthy and the north is wealthy and they both have poor people.The society in the north is wealthy and the society in the south is not wealthy.The Economy is wealthy in the north but the economy in the south is not so wealthy.
While both the North and the South had stable and confident economic systems, the North was much more industrialized and diversified and with a better transportation system they not only had the ability for mass production but also the means for speedy and
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