During the 1840s and 1850s America's economy was in a "boom" after recovering from the depression. The economy for the nation as a whole was growing rapidly because of an increase in manufacturing. While the nations economy was increasing as a whole there were still many disagreements between the economies of the north and the south. The south still had what was known as a colonial economy meaning dependent on agriculture. Southerners also felt they were to dependent on the north for the export of agricultural products and the import of manufactured goods. The southerners wanted to throw off this dependence. Economies grew in both the north and the south during this time but even more so in the north. The north had five times more industrial output per capita and three times the railroad capital and mileage. Many comparisons were made between slaves of the south and "wage slaves" of the north. During this time period sectionalism increased because there was a constant battle between whose economy was more successful and who treated people less equally. The panic of 1857 intensified the sectionalism between the north and the south. The growing economy led to growing differences between the north and this south which was the cause of the civil war.
Both the North and the south had thriving economies in the 1840s and 1850s. The South was still heavily agriculturally based and slavery was a prominent reason for the success. The Norths newly found manufacturing industry allowed for their business. Though they had different ways of making money, they were both dependent on each other. The South made product that the country used for food and clothing but in order for there to be a mass transportation of the products, the south needed the help of the north. The North was more established economically and helped the South tremendously. Leading up to the Civil war there was always a huge dispute on whether the south means of making money (slavery) was a good way to make money. In 1857, the two sides truly began to separate and eventually the two sides fought.
While factories were built all over the North and South, the vast majority of industrial manufacturing was taking place in the North. The South had almost 25% of the country's free population, but only 10% of the country's capital in 1860. The North had five times the number of factories as the South, and over ten times the number of factory workers. In addition, 90% of the nation's skilled workers were in the North. The labor forces in the South and North were fundamentally different, as well. In the North, labor was expensive, and workers were mobile and active. The influx of immigrants from Europe and Asia provided competition in the labor market, however, keeping wages from growing very quickly. The Southern economy, however, was built on the labor of African American slaves, who were oppressed into providing cheap labor. The other critical economic issue that divided the North from the South was that of tariffs. Throughout the antebellum period, whenever the federal government wanted to raise tariffs, Southern Congressmen generally opposed it and Northern Congressmen generally supported it. Southerners generally favored low tariffs because this kept the cost of imported goods low, which was important in the South's import-oriented economy. Southern planters and farmers were concerned that high tariffs might make their European trading partners, primarily the British, raise prices on manufactured goods imported by the South in order to maintain a profit on trade. As the 1850s proceeded, the divide between the North and Northwest and the South and Southwest widened. The bitter debates over the slave status of newly-admitted states, which had been going on since at least the Missouri Compromise of 1820, were signs of the very real fear Southerners had of having their voice in Congress drowned out by "Yankee industrialists." Incidents such as the Southern protests against the "Tariff of Abominations" in the 1820s and the Nullification Crisis of the 1830s demonstrated how deep a rift the tariff controversy was creating between North and South. In Congress, Southern Representatives and Senators were concerned that their interests would not be suitably addressed. As immigrants flocked to the Northern areas, swelling the ranks, Southerners were afraid the Northern states would increase their representation in the House of Representatives, blocking "Southern-friendly" legislation. By the late 1850s, the fear of Northern domination in national economic policy, combined with the desire to maintain Southern institutions (including slavery), became a major influence on the people who eventually chose to secede from the Union.
The 1850s was a decade of more population growth for the North. Southerners complained of the advantages that the North had in attracting immigrants. Southern planters wanted more slaves. The South worked slaves in mining, ironwork on the railroads, but the South was prominently an agricultural society. Southerners were investing more in slaves than in machines. Southerners looked at the Northern society as being greedy. The North was known for being a more manufacturing industry society. The North was the heart of sea born commerce in the United States. They used steamboats for transportation of goods. The foreign commerce increased dramatically in the 1840s to the 1850s. Ships owned by Northerners were shipping the South's cotton to Europe. In the 1850s a boom in the railroad development across the North had occurred changing business organization and transportation. The South and the North did not want to rely on each other.They wanted to be independence because they had different ways of doing things which made them have a gap. The regions had debates on whether or not there should be slave states and if the slaves should still be used or freed. Their was debates about nullification of laws and different tariffs. The two sides began to widen the gap become more sectionalism. The Civil War was caused by tariffs, state rights, federal rights, and mostly slavery.
The main reason for the 'widening' of the gap was the different views at the time. The Southerns complained about the advantages that the Northern had - such as attraction of immigrants, a higher percentage of middle-class people, manufacturing industries, established banking, and the number of free slaves. The Southern had mining, ironworks, and agriculture. They were totally invested in slaves for making the money at the time (over machinery). Although, they both were dependent on each other in multiple ways, they still had apparent tension between them. The North didn't support slavery, but didn't care for black people as well. These major different lifestyles and views stretched the gap. This did influence the Civil War. The whole eastern side of the country just didn't see eye to eye and had a lot of little conflicts which leaded up to the Civil War.
The North and South has completely opposite economies during this time but both relied on each other to survive. The North has more of a textile economy when means they also wanted higher tariffs so there would be more citizens buying the American made products. The South had a more agriculture based economy in which that relied on slaves and that the North would buy their products. The tariff increasing widened the gap greatly because the South did buy a lot of foreign goods. Also, the North wanted slavery to end but the South did not want slavery to end because thats how they made their crops. The North's economy became a factor in the Civil War because their economy was stronger and more manufacturing based so they focused much of their economy and building skills to create inventions to put towards to war and to fund the war. The South had a smaller population and weren't as advanced in the railroad and telegraph systems which ultimately led to the Confederacy's downfall.
Both the North and the south had thriving economies in the 1840s and 1850s. The economy for the nation as a whole was growing rapidly because of the Industrial Revolution. The South still had an economy heavily dependent on agriculture and was very reliant on slavery. The North’s newly found manufacturing industry allowed for their business to boom. Though they had different ways of making money, both economies were interdependent on each other. The South grew the raw materials, while the North made the refined goods. However in order for there to be a mass transportation of the products, the south needed the help of the north. The North was more established economically. During this time period sectionalism increased because there was a constant battle between whose economy was more successful and the slave question. Incidents for instance the Southern protests against the "Tariff of Abominations" in the 1820s and the Nullification Crisis of the 1830s demonstrated how wide a gap the tariff controversy was creating between the North and South. By the late 1850s, the fear of Northern domination in national economic policy, combined with the desire to maintain Southern institutions (slavery), became a major influence on the people who eventually chose to secede from the Union.
The North and South already had many differences and various viewpoints than each other with there economies not playing a role in this. But when you do throw in the two very different economies you realize that they rely on each other to survive and this could have played a role in starting the Civil War. The South had an economy based on agriculture and was very dependent on the up keeping of slavery. As there land was perfect for all the planting and harvesting they did over long periods of time. However, they did rely on the North's booming manufacturing industries as an import of a lot of their goods.The North being against slavery was not big in agriculture but as just stated made a well know manufacturing industries. This success led them to want higher tariffs as to further boost their economic growth. These two region were so different in the whole aspect of life that it was destined for them to have a major conflict to settle the disputes. There comes the Civil War. Commented by Bryce PM
During the 1840s and 1850s the economies of the various sections of the nation were doing very well. There was huge growth in the railways, industry, agriculture, and manufacturing; however, the South continued to be inferior to the North in nearly every way. The North's economy was doing much better because of the fact that they displayed greater ability in manufacturing and industry. The South was also dependent on Northern goods and the North's ability to transport Southern raw materials. Southerners grew resentful of this dependence, despite the fact that the North was also dependent on the South for the raw materials they used in their factories. The Panic of 1857 only served to widen this gap, as each section of the country grew ever more disgusted with the other. The terrible sectionalism and the resentment that it caused eventually led to the beginning of the American Civil War.
The North and the South economies were different in various ways during 1840s and 1850s. The North were composed of greater number of middle class people who were occupied in manufacturing industries, capitalists and banking. The mills and advanced technology helped to reduce manual labor and labor costs. In 1850s, the railroads increased the values of real estates and changed business organization. South was mainly an agricultural society with slavery. The South had higher percentage of horsemen and soldiers than the North. Southerners were investing in slaves rather than in machines. The planters preferred the large holding of land rather then cash. The difference in their economies resulted in different opinions concerning the issue of slavery and increased the gap between the North and the South.
The economy's of the north and south were thriving after the depression northern industrialization and manufacturing was at a high and the South continued to have good crops. The North however fell into a panic when they had a very short lived depression once they recovered for it they blamed the south causing a tension between the two.
The economies in both the south and the north were doing relatively well during the 1840's and 1850's. They both had different methods of maintaining their strong economy. The south was, for the most part, focused on agriculture. Their main export being cotton. They relied heavily on slavery, and mostly males did the work. The south also relied heavily on the export of their goods causing their economy to be coined "colonial" economy. The north focused more on the industrial side of economy. They focused more on manufacturing. This helped them in the Civil War, because they had more factories to make supplies, and more railroad systems to transport supplies and soldiers. The average per capita income was 40% than in the south. Majority of immigrants well choose to settle in the north. They may have been different, but they both depended on each other. The differences were too great. They led to the different views on slavery, which became a main issue in the civil war.
The Northern and Southern economies both flourished during this time period. They flourished for different reasons but they did depend on each other in order to succeed. The South produced raw materials and the North used these raw materials in their factories. The North’s economy boomed because of an increase in manufacturing. Labor was expensive. The South heavily depended on agriculture and was built on African American slaves. Throughout the antebellum period, whenever the federal government wanted to raise tariffs, Southern Congressmen generally opposed it and Northern Congressmen generally supported it. Southerners generally favored low tariffs because this kept the cost of imported goods low. Southern planters and farmers were concerned that high tariffs might make prices higher on manufactured goods imported by the South. Also, the North opposed slavery and wanted it gone, but the South NEEDED it to keep flourishing. The North could create and invent new weapons and tools to help them succeed in the war because of all the factories and the manufacturing. The desire to maintain and abolish slavery is mainly what drove them apart. Some parts of the South wanted to leave the Union.
Well the growing economy in the north due to the boom of the manufacturing era allowed for the north to expand their connections. With this improved economy the north established rail roads which would be a key factor in the war as well as the vast amount of telegraph lines that accompanied these tracks. The Norths economy was also more stable than the Souths due to its non dependence on whimsical weather patterns and good crops. The south that was more agricultural had not developed this infrastructure needed during the ear like rail roads to expatiate their supply lines and troops. The south also did not have the organization of the north and did not strategist their attack as well. The differences in the economic factors led to this difference in infrastructure and ultimately Northern victory.
During this time period, both the North and South economies were successful in two very different ways. The south was dependent on agricultural trade and the harvesting of cotton through the slave system. Through these methods, the south benefitted by supplying to their demand. The north was dependent through their manufacturing system and industrial revolution. By having a successful, thriving growing city the north’s wealth was greater than the south’s and caused the south to become dependent on the north and their manufactured goods. This contributed to the continued, growing tension between the two regions, leading to the civil war.
Both the North and the South had flourishing economies. Each economy was based on different things; like the South grew raw materials and the North used this materials in their factories. While both had flourishing economies for different reasons, each depended on the other to flourish. Without the South, the North would have no materials to manufacture stuff in their factors and the South depended on the North to buy the crops. The South’s economy labor was based on slavery, which provided the South with free labor. Though both economies increased rapidly, the North did so faster than the South. In the North there was 5 times more industrial output capita than the South. With the Panic of 1857 increased the tension that was between the North and the South. The opposition of slavery from the North and the South’s rage at the North’s attempt to end slavery, along with other things, the two fought. The North used their industrial economy behind the war to invent and produce goods that will help them in the war, like the telegraph and clothing.
Factories were built all over the North and South, the vast majority of industrial manufacturing was taking place in the North.The North had five times the number of factories as the South, and over ten times the number of factory workers. Labor was expensive in the North. The South was built on the labor of African American slaves, who were forced into providing cheap labor. The cotton gin cut costs for the North as they produced cotton for sale to other regions and for export to England. The growth of the Southern cotton industry helped the growth for the entire nation's economy. Another issue that divided the North from the South were tariffs. Southerners opposed then and Northerners usually supported them. The South favored low tariffs because they kept the cost of imported goods low and were concerned that high tariffs might make the British raise prices on manufactured goods imported by the South to keep making a profit on trade. The North high tariffs were favored because they would make imported goods more expensive. With a higher tariff goods produced in the North would seem cheap and Americans would want to buy them instead of European items. The economic tension between North and South contributed greatly to political tensions which lead to the Civil War.
Factories were introduced into the Northern States, taken from Britain, and they quickly began to develop new industries. To protect these newly made industries, the Federal government placed a tariffs on certain imports, imports that the South relied on due to their over dependence on agriculture. This made the South feels as though their needs weren't being taken into account, and with the final pressure to get rid of slavery, a crucial economic resource in their economy-- it would push them over the edge.
The economies of the North and South were both very strong during the 1840s and 1850s. The North had manufacturing and were going through an Industrial Revolution. The South thrived off of agriculture and slavery. With the South's major cash crop being cotton, they would use slave labor to harvest the cotton and then send it to the North to be made into a finished product. The North and South were separated by a cultural development because the North was focused on city life and the South was focused on a plantation life. This widened the gap and led to the Civil War.
The North and the South were both successfully thriving economies in the 1940s and 1950s. The economy of the North evolved around manufacturing and textile industries. This helped with the increase of their supplies for various things. The economy of the South evolved around agriculture and leaned heavily towards slavery. Both the North and South relied on one another for support. Although they were dependent on one another, they both had different views on the issue of slavery. The tension of this issue widened the gap between the North and South. The widening of the gap and different views on slavery eventually led to the Civil War.
The vast majority of industrial manufacturing and textile industries was thriving in the North in the 1940s and 1950s. This process helped increased suppiles for clothes, shelters, and other things. The South thrived off agriculture and mainly slavery. Both Northern and Southern societies needed each other for support. Even though they needed each other, they shared different viewpoints and opinions on slavery. This was one of the main points that widened the gap between the north and south. That lead to the Civil War.
During the 1840s and 1850s America's economy was in a "boom" after recovering from the depression. The economy for the nation as a whole was growing rapidly because of an increase in manufacturing. While the nations economy was increasing as a whole there were still many disagreements between the economies of the north and the south. The south still had what was known as a colonial economy meaning dependent on agriculture. Southerners also felt they were to dependent on the north for the export of agricultural products and the import of manufactured goods. The southerners wanted to throw off this dependence. Economies grew in both the north and the south during this time but even more so in the north. The north had five times more industrial output per capita and three times the railroad capital and mileage. Many comparisons were made between slaves of the south and "wage slaves" of the north. During this time period sectionalism increased because there was a constant battle between whose economy was more successful and who treated people less equally. The panic of 1857 intensified the sectionalism between the north and the south. The growing economy led to growing differences between the north and this south which was the cause of the civil war.
ReplyDeleteBoth the North and the south had thriving economies in the 1840s and 1850s. The South was still heavily agriculturally based and slavery was a prominent reason for the success. The Norths newly found manufacturing industry allowed for their business. Though they had different ways of making money, they were both dependent on each other. The South made product that the country used for food and clothing but in order for there to be a mass transportation of the products, the south needed the help of the north. The North was more established economically and helped the South tremendously. Leading up to the Civil war there was always a huge dispute on whether the south means of making money (slavery) was a good way to make money. In 1857, the two sides truly began to separate and eventually the two sides fought.
ReplyDeleteWhile factories were built all over the North and South, the vast majority of industrial manufacturing was taking place in the North. The South had almost 25% of the country's free population, but only 10% of the country's capital in 1860. The North had five times the number of factories as the South, and over ten times the number of factory workers. In addition, 90% of the nation's skilled workers were in the North.
ReplyDeleteThe labor forces in the South and North were fundamentally different, as well. In the North, labor was expensive, and workers were mobile and active. The influx of immigrants from Europe and Asia provided competition in the labor market, however, keeping wages from growing very quickly. The Southern economy, however, was built on the labor of African American slaves, who were oppressed into providing cheap labor. The other critical economic issue that divided the North from the South was that of tariffs. Throughout the antebellum period, whenever the federal government wanted to raise tariffs, Southern Congressmen generally opposed it and Northern Congressmen generally supported it. Southerners generally favored low tariffs because this kept the cost of imported goods low, which was important in the South's import-oriented economy. Southern planters and farmers were concerned that high tariffs might make their European trading partners, primarily the British, raise prices on manufactured goods imported by the South in order to maintain a profit on trade. As the 1850s proceeded, the divide between the North and Northwest and the South and Southwest widened. The bitter debates over the slave status of newly-admitted states, which had been going on since at least the Missouri Compromise of 1820, were signs of the very real fear Southerners had of having their voice in Congress drowned out by "Yankee industrialists." Incidents such as the Southern protests against the "Tariff of Abominations" in the 1820s and the Nullification Crisis of the 1830s demonstrated how deep a rift the tariff controversy was creating between North and South.
In Congress, Southern Representatives and Senators were concerned that their interests would not be suitably addressed. As immigrants flocked to the Northern areas, swelling the ranks, Southerners were afraid the Northern states would increase their representation in the House of Representatives, blocking "Southern-friendly" legislation. By the late 1850s, the fear of Northern domination in national economic policy, combined with the desire to maintain Southern institutions (including slavery), became a major influence on the people who eventually chose to secede from the Union.
The 1850s was a decade of more population growth for the North. Southerners complained of the advantages that the North had in attracting immigrants. Southern planters wanted more slaves. The South worked slaves in mining, ironwork on the railroads, but the South was prominently an agricultural society. Southerners were investing more in slaves than in machines. Southerners looked at the Northern society as being greedy. The North was known for being a more manufacturing industry society. The North was the heart of sea born commerce in the United States. They used steamboats for transportation of goods. The foreign commerce increased dramatically in the 1840s to the 1850s. Ships owned by Northerners were shipping the South's cotton to Europe. In the 1850s a boom in the railroad development across the North had occurred changing business organization and transportation. The South and the North did not want to rely on each other.They wanted to be independence because they had different ways of doing things which made them have a gap. The regions had debates on whether or not there should be slave states and if the slaves should still be used or freed. Their was debates about nullification of laws and different tariffs. The two sides began to widen the gap become more sectionalism. The Civil War was caused by tariffs, state rights, federal rights, and mostly slavery.
ReplyDeleteThe main reason for the 'widening' of the gap was the different views at the time. The Southerns complained about the advantages that the Northern had - such as attraction of immigrants, a higher percentage of middle-class people, manufacturing industries, established banking, and the number of free slaves. The Southern had mining, ironworks, and agriculture. They were totally invested in slaves for making the money at the time (over machinery). Although, they both were dependent on each other in multiple ways, they still had apparent tension between them. The North didn't support slavery, but didn't care for black people as well. These major different lifestyles and views stretched the gap. This did influence the Civil War. The whole eastern side of the country just didn't see eye to eye and had a lot of little conflicts which leaded up to the Civil War.
ReplyDeleteThe North and South has completely opposite economies during this time but both relied on each other to survive. The North has more of a textile economy when means they also wanted higher tariffs so there would be more citizens buying the American made products. The South had a more agriculture based economy in which that relied on slaves and that the North would buy their products. The tariff increasing widened the gap greatly because the South did buy a lot of foreign goods. Also, the North wanted slavery to end but the South did not want slavery to end because thats how they made their crops. The North's economy became a factor in the Civil War because their economy was stronger and more manufacturing based so they focused much of their economy and building skills to create inventions to put towards to war and to fund the war. The South had a smaller population and weren't as advanced in the railroad and telegraph systems which ultimately led to the Confederacy's downfall.
ReplyDeleteBoth the North and the south had thriving economies in the 1840s and 1850s. The economy for the nation as a whole was growing rapidly because of the Industrial Revolution. The South still had an economy heavily dependent on agriculture and was very reliant on slavery. The North’s newly found manufacturing industry allowed for their business to boom. Though they had different ways of making money, both economies were interdependent on each other. The South grew the raw materials, while the North made the refined goods. However in order for there to be a mass transportation of the products, the south needed the help of the north. The North was more established economically. During this time period sectionalism increased because there was a constant battle between whose economy was more successful and the slave question. Incidents for instance the Southern protests against the "Tariff of Abominations" in the 1820s and the Nullification Crisis of the 1830s demonstrated how wide a gap the tariff controversy was creating between the North and South. By the late 1850s, the fear of Northern domination in national economic policy, combined with the desire to maintain Southern institutions (slavery), became a major influence on the people who eventually chose to secede from the Union.
ReplyDeleteThe North and South already had many differences and various viewpoints than each other with there economies not playing a role in this. But when you do throw in the two very different economies you realize that they rely on each other to survive and this could have played a role in starting the Civil War. The South had an economy based on agriculture and was very dependent on the up keeping of slavery. As there land was perfect for all the planting and harvesting they did over long periods of time. However, they did rely on the North's booming manufacturing industries as an import of a lot of their goods.The North being against slavery was not big in agriculture but as just stated made a well know manufacturing industries. This success led them to want higher tariffs as to further boost their economic growth. These two region were so different in the whole aspect of life that it was destined for them to have a major conflict to settle the disputes. There comes the Civil War. Commented by Bryce PM
ReplyDeleteDuring the 1840s and 1850s the economies of the various sections of the nation were doing very well. There was huge growth in the railways, industry, agriculture, and manufacturing; however, the South continued to be inferior to the North in nearly every way. The North's economy was doing much better because of the fact that they displayed greater ability in manufacturing and industry. The South was also dependent on Northern goods and the North's ability to transport Southern raw materials. Southerners grew resentful of this dependence, despite the fact that the North was also dependent on the South for the raw materials they used in their factories. The Panic of 1857 only served to widen this gap, as each section of the country grew ever more disgusted with the other. The terrible sectionalism and the resentment that it caused eventually led to the beginning of the American Civil War.
ReplyDeleteThe North and the South economies were different in various ways during 1840s and 1850s. The North were composed of greater number of middle class people who were occupied in manufacturing industries, capitalists and banking. The mills and advanced technology helped to reduce manual labor and labor costs. In 1850s, the railroads increased the values of real estates and changed business organization. South was mainly an agricultural society with slavery. The South had higher percentage of horsemen and soldiers than the North. Southerners were investing in slaves rather than in machines. The planters preferred the large holding of land rather then cash.
ReplyDeleteThe difference in their economies resulted in different opinions concerning the issue of slavery and increased the gap between the North and the South.
The economy's of the north and south were thriving after the depression northern industrialization and manufacturing was at a high and the South continued to have good crops. The North however fell into a panic when they had a very short lived depression once they recovered for it they blamed the south causing a tension between the two.
ReplyDeleteThe economies in both the south and the north were doing relatively well during the 1840's and 1850's. They both had different methods of maintaining their strong economy. The south was, for the most part, focused on agriculture. Their main export being cotton. They relied heavily on slavery, and mostly males did the work. The south also relied heavily on the export of their goods causing their economy to be coined "colonial" economy. The north focused more on the industrial side of economy. They focused more on manufacturing. This helped them in the Civil War, because they had more factories to make supplies, and more railroad systems to transport supplies and soldiers. The average per capita income was 40% than in the south. Majority of immigrants well choose to settle in the north. They may have been different, but they both depended on each other. The differences were too great. They led to the different views on slavery, which became a main issue in the civil war.
ReplyDeleteThe Northern and Southern economies both flourished during this time period. They flourished for different reasons but they did depend on each other in order to succeed. The South produced raw materials and the North used these raw materials in their factories. The North’s economy boomed because of an increase in manufacturing. Labor was expensive. The South heavily depended on agriculture and was built on African American slaves. Throughout the antebellum period, whenever the federal government wanted to raise tariffs, Southern Congressmen generally opposed it and Northern Congressmen generally supported it. Southerners generally favored low tariffs because this kept the cost of imported goods low. Southern planters and farmers were concerned that high tariffs might make prices higher on manufactured goods imported by the South. Also, the North opposed slavery and wanted it gone, but the South NEEDED it to keep flourishing. The North could create and invent new weapons and tools to help them succeed in the war because of all the factories and the manufacturing. The desire to maintain and abolish slavery is mainly what drove them apart. Some parts of the South wanted to leave the Union.
ReplyDeleteWell the growing economy in the north due to the boom of the manufacturing era allowed for the north to expand their connections. With this improved economy the north established rail roads which would be a key factor in the war as well as the vast amount of telegraph lines that accompanied these tracks. The Norths economy was also more stable than the Souths due to its non dependence on whimsical weather patterns and good crops. The south that was more agricultural had not developed this infrastructure needed during the ear like rail roads to expatiate their supply lines and troops. The south also did not have the organization of the north and did not strategist their attack as well. The differences in the economic factors led to this difference in infrastructure and ultimately Northern victory.
ReplyDeleteDuring this time period, both the North and South economies were successful in two very different ways. The south was dependent on agricultural trade and the harvesting of cotton through the slave system. Through these methods, the south benefitted by supplying to their demand. The north was dependent through their manufacturing system and industrial revolution. By having a successful, thriving growing city the north’s wealth was greater than the south’s and caused the south to become dependent on the north and their manufactured goods. This contributed to the continued, growing tension between the two regions, leading to the civil war.
ReplyDeleteBoth the North and the South had flourishing economies. Each economy was based on different things; like the South grew raw materials and the North used this materials in their factories. While both had flourishing economies for different reasons, each depended on the other to flourish. Without the South, the North would have no materials to manufacture stuff in their factors and the South depended on the North to buy the crops. The South’s economy labor was based on slavery, which provided the South with free labor. Though both economies increased rapidly, the North did so faster than the South. In the North there was 5 times more industrial output capita than the South. With the Panic of 1857 increased the tension that was between the North and the South. The opposition of slavery from the North and the South’s rage at the North’s attempt to end slavery, along with other things, the two fought. The North used their industrial economy behind the war to invent and produce goods that will help them in the war, like the telegraph and clothing.
ReplyDeleteFactories were built all over the North and South, the vast majority of industrial manufacturing was taking place in the North.The North had five times the number of factories as the South, and over ten times the number of factory workers. Labor was expensive in the North. The South was built on the labor of African American slaves, who were forced into providing cheap labor. The cotton gin cut costs for the North as they produced cotton for sale to other regions and for export to England. The growth of the Southern cotton industry helped the growth for the entire nation's economy. Another issue that divided the North from the South were tariffs. Southerners opposed then and Northerners usually supported them. The South favored low tariffs because they kept the cost of imported goods low and were concerned that high tariffs might make the British raise prices on manufactured goods imported by the South to keep making a profit on trade. The North high tariffs were favored because they would make imported goods more expensive. With a higher tariff goods produced in the North would seem cheap and Americans would want to buy them instead of European items. The economic tension between North and South contributed greatly to political tensions which lead to the Civil War.
ReplyDeleteFactories were introduced into the Northern States, taken from Britain, and they quickly began to develop new industries. To protect these newly made industries, the Federal government placed a tariffs on certain imports, imports that the South relied on due to their over dependence on agriculture. This made the South feels as though their needs weren't being taken into account, and with the final pressure to get rid of slavery, a crucial economic resource in their economy-- it would push them over the edge.
ReplyDeleteThe economies of the North and South were both very strong during the 1840s and 1850s. The North had manufacturing and were going through an Industrial Revolution. The South thrived off of agriculture and slavery. With the South's major cash crop being cotton, they would use slave labor to harvest the cotton and then send it to the North to be made into a finished product. The North and South were separated by a cultural development because the North was focused on city life and the South was focused on a plantation life. This widened the gap and led to the Civil War.
ReplyDeleteThe North and the South were both successfully thriving economies in the 1940s and 1950s. The economy of the North evolved around manufacturing and textile industries. This helped with the increase of their supplies for various things. The economy of the South evolved around agriculture and leaned heavily towards slavery. Both the North and South relied on one another for support. Although they were dependent on one another, they both had different views on the issue of slavery. The tension of this issue widened the gap between the North and South. The widening of the gap and different views on slavery eventually led to the Civil War.
ReplyDeleteThe vast majority of industrial manufacturing and textile industries was thriving in the North in the 1940s and 1950s. This process helped increased suppiles for clothes, shelters, and other things. The South thrived off agriculture and mainly slavery. Both Northern and Southern societies needed each other for support. Even though they needed each other, they shared different viewpoints and opinions on slavery. This was one of the main points that widened the gap between the north and south. That lead to the Civil War.
ReplyDelete