The North and South emerged as two distinct reasons because they had various differences. The differences they have are geography, economy, transportation, and society. Geography always depended on its climate; in the South they had lots of swamps and rivers, in the North they had lots of mountains and uneven surfaces. The geography affected its economy because it limited them on what they could and could not do. In the North they had lots of cities and less outdoor work however, in the south it all depended on agriculture. Other and final reason is that transportation in the North was significantly improved and more successful than the South.
The geography was the main part of the whole country, South and North. One of the most outstanding differences between the North and the South was the climate and geography. Southern regions had very swampy land, lots of rivers with coastal plains, and hills with mountain hollows. Having swamps and coastal plains meant they had very hot days but, it also meant lots of rains. The weather they had allowed them to plant rice, tobacco, indigo, corn, etc. The north had frozen winters but hot summers; nevertheless their weather was mainly always cold. Its geography was made of rocky soil, mountains, and harbors which made them more a city type of place.
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Having features for a city and cold weather most of the North’s work was all indoors unlike the South. However, the small amount of people that did work in the outdoors farming usually always made money off of their wood and soil. Like it was said before, geography limited people on what they all could and could not do.
This is a reason why the South and North have various differences in their economy. In the South everything was mainly based off of agriculture that is a vast motive why everyone owned a farm. Nevertheless, only the well-off people had outsized farms and slaves while others had undersized farms with no slaves. On the other hand the North was based on hand made work and machines, with most work done indoors. In this region of the country the well-off people had businesses of making cotton cheaper and easier to sale. Yet the south was still wealthier because of the way they ran
society. Societal differences influenced the North and South to emerge as two distinct regions. In the South people owned African Americans as slaves and free ones unequal with had hard working jobs, furthermore low pay. Wealthy plantation owners in the south were the ones that ran everything and made things the way they wanted. Conversely, in the North, African Americans were free yet they were not treated equally, but no one was the powerful person. In this region it was believed durable effort brought wealth and influence. Soon enough most northerners did not work in farms, but worked indoors in grand cities and people from Ireland and Germany moved there. Transportation provided an opportunity for the North to expand resources and communication easier than in the south. In the North they made a road across the Appalachian Mountains, Steamboats, Canals, and Steam-powered trains. Their railroad was 20,000 miles long while the South’s was only 10,000. People in the South used the North’s transportations since most of it crossed by on their land and Southerners did not make their own. Since they believed making their own transportation system would benefit the North more than them. In summary the North soon enough became the new powerful region where most people preferred living in, and I do not blame them. If was alive during these times I would move to the North because they had more equality/healthier society than the South had. They also had better transportation which made it easier to get to places and do things faster. Getting things faster meant more business and more indoor jobs, which helped people stay out of the hard labor work and do things that were easier/safer to do. Staying out of hard labor work was tremendous for them because it was usually always very cold or very humid so putting them inside meant they cared more about people than the other did. Nevertheless, the South made people of other color slaves and treated people of other race unequally. They also had the wealthiest people in charge and did not let other people have a voice and say in what they believed in. That is why I would not want to live in the south, but would want to live in the North.
The North entered the Civil War with many distinct assets that rendered them more competent than the Southern states. Those assets consisted of having more men, more financial stability, economic strength, and far reaching transportation systems. According to the book: Why the North Won the Civil War by Donald, David Herbert, and Richard Nelson the primary cause to the North’s success was given by, “the vast superiority of the North in men and materials, in instruments of production, in communication facilities, in business organization and skill – and assuming for the sake of the argument no more than rough quality in statecraft and generalship – the final outcome seems all but inevitable.” In many ways the north, during the Civil, was more economically dominant than the South
oth had a high code of honour. The people in the South were more respectable and had higher status if they had a lot of slaves. The North also had a high code of honour and this depended on their education and careers. Both the North and the South were also very religious and practiced their religion. Overall, I feel that the differences were very substantial between the North and the South as these differences played a part to the Civil War.
In the South, however, the economy was predominantly agricultural. Cotton and tobacco plantations relied heavily on the free labor of slaves for their economic prosperity. They saw the urbanization and industrialization of the North, and the economic connection between the North a...
Within the economy a great development had been achieved when the upper south handed its power to the lower south all due to the rise of an agricultural production. This expansion was led by the excessive growth of cotton in the southern areas. It spread rapidly throughout America and especially in the South. During these times it gave another reason to keep the slavery at its all time high. Many wealthy planters started a ‘business’ by having their slaves work the cotton plantations, which this was one of a few ways slavery was still in full effect. Not only were there wealthy planters, at this time even if you were a small slave-holder you were still making money. While all of this had been put into the works, Americans had approximately 410,000 slaves move from the upper south to the ‘cotton states’. This in turn created a sale of slaves in the economy to boom throughout the Southwest. If there is a question as to ‘why’, then lets break it d...
Geographically, North and South were very different places. The pastures of New England were similar to those found in England, suitable for a variety of uses. Hot Southern prairie lands were perfect for cotton growing, a lucrative business at this time. Following the invention of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin, the South became increasingly dependent on this crop, and an entire society grew out of it. The society was one of wealthy planters, who led a life similar to the landed gentry of England, controlling politics and society of the day. In the fields laboured Negro slaves, usually only a handful per plantation, though larger farms were occasionally seen. In addition, there lived poor whites, tenant farmers or smallholders, who eked out a living from the land. This contrasted sharply with Northern society, where industrialisation flourished, creating wealthy entrepreneurs and employing cheap immigrant labour. Given the localised nature of media, and difficulties of transport two cultures grew up in the same nation, remarkably different and often suspicious of one another.
There were several issues that contributed to the split between the northern and southern states. Among these were the deep social, economic and political differences. The split could be traced as far back as the early 1800’s, just as the industrial revolution was beginning. It’s effects on the north and the south caused the economic split. As the north was becoming more industrialized; the south began to rely heavily on slave labor. This was one of the main reasons, as the southern view on slavery differed greatly from the North. These views were based on drastically different interpretations of the constitution.
The most important difference between the north and south was the issue of slavery. The South was primarily agricultural, and the southern economy was based upon the existence of large family farms known as plantations. The plantation economy relied on cheap labor in the form of slaves to produce tobacco and cotton. Farmers on the plantation did not do the work themselves; they needed slaves in order to make the largest amount of money possible. The North, however, was primarily industrial in nature. The North believed that all men should be able to work and support themselves and their families, regardless of color. They also felt that if a man were happy doing his job, then he would be more productive. Therefore, both he and the business would make more money.
The Southern and Northern states varied on many issues, which eventually led them to the Civil War. There were deep economic, social, and political differences between the North and the South. These differences stemmed from the interpretation of the United States Constitution on both sides. In the end, all of these disagreements about the rights of states led to the Civil War. There were reasons other than slavery for the South?s secession. The manifestations of division in America were many: utopian communities, conflicts over public space, backlash against immigrants, urban riots, black protest, and Indian resistance (Norton 234). America was a divided land in need reform with the South in the most need. The South relied heavily on agriculture, as opposed to the North, which was highly populated and an industrialized society. The South grew cotton, which was its main cash crop and many Southerners knew that heavy reliance on slave labor would hurt the South eventually, but their warnings were not heeded. The South was based on a totalitarian system.
Before the mid 1800s, the north and south dealt with a lot of disagreements that involved economic differences. The differences dealt with slavery, representation, states’ rights, and tariffs. There was a conflict with states wanting to balance the freedom of slaves in the states. Another cause was the tariffs which dealt with the taxation of imported goods, the Northern states supported protective tariffs, but the South did not. Consequently, the conflicts began to grow and this increased the differences between the North and South. During the early to mid 1800s sectional differences forced the north and south farther and farther apart. The differences that affected the North and South involved the missouri compromise of 1820, the cotton gin invention, and the Uncle Tom’s novel.
Secondly, the demand for cotton grew tremendously as cotton became an important raw material for the then developing cotton industries in the North and Britain. The growing of cotton revived the Southern economy and the plantations spread across the south, and by 1850 the southern U.S produced more than 80% of cotton all over the world. As this cotton based economy of the south grew so did the slave labor to work in these large scale plantations since they were more labor-intensive...
Also, in the South, it was hard, rough work in the hot sun and very few whites were willing to do the work, therefore, most plantation owners purchased slaves to work the land. The plantation owner gave the slaves shelter and a small food allowance as a salary. Thereby, the plantation owner "saved" his money to invest in more land, which of course required more slaves to continue to yield a larger profit. An economic cycle was created between plantation owner and slave, one that would take generations to end. Slaves were now a necessity on the larger plantations to work the fields.
This economy, like many other agricultural economies, did not allow for a great deal of social mobility. The South also lacked factories, or much industry. However, this is not the main difference between the North and the South. Most troubling to Northerners was that the South used slaves as its main source of labor. Obviously, Northerners would be appalled by the barbarism associated with slavery, the beatings, the separation of families; but they were not.
With the economic system, the south had a very hard time producing their main source “cotton and tobacco”. “Cotton became commercially significant in the 1790’s after the invention of a new cotton gin by Eli Whitney. (PG 314)” Let alone, if they had a hard time producing goods, the gains would be extremely unprofitable. While in the North, “In 1837, John Deere patented a strong, smooth steel plow that sliced through prairie soil so cleanly that farmers called it the “singing plow.” (PG 281).” Deere’s company became the leading source to saving time and energy for farming as it breaks much more ground to plant more crops. As well as mechanical reapers, which then could harvest twelve acres a day can double the corn and wheat. The North was becoming more advanced by the second. Many moved in the cities where they would work in factories, which contributed to the nation’s economic growth because factory workers actually produced twice as much of labor as agricultural workers. Steam engines would be a source of energy and while coal was cutting prices in half actually created more factories, railroads for transportation, and ships which also gave a rise in agricultural productivity.
Margaret Hale in Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel North and South exemplifies the new type of woman a mid-nineteenth century woman should emulate. The contemporary woman is capable of balancing being a dutiful, generous, just woman while also satisfying her own passion, intellect, and moral activity. England needs women that can manifest their innate ability to sympathize with a capacity to change and adapt. The progressive world will require the modern woman to redefine the norms of social life.
Increasing affluence and political influence in the North exacerbated the impending economic and political plight of the South, tearing apart the nation. Observing a stronger sentiment towards the peculiar institution of slavery by the South, Abraham Lincoln asserted that the country is destined to crumble. In a speech at Springfield Illinois, Lincoln accentuates, “A House divided against itself cannot stand.” Southern aggravation toward the North can be seen as a result of the North’s higher capital, growing incomes, and leverage in government. Thomas P. Kettell’s examination of the regional distribution of wealth in 1850 depicts the significant difference in the value of bank capital between the North and South. The North accumulated almost