North vs. South Compare and Contrast

The north and south were very different from each other socially and economically. They each had their won interpretations of the Constitution and their differing views creating much conflict. Each conflict gave the two regions their own reasons for entering a Civil War.

First of all, economic circumstances were very different between the north and the south. The north gradually had become an economy revolving around manufacturing and commerce; they focused more on the city life. Unlike the north, the south was more agricultural, and their economic production was stemmed from plantations. The majority of the south was rural, while the north was more urban. The south depended on the export of the raw materials that they cultivated and imported of manufactured goods from England. The north was unhappy with the south’s dependency on England because it was inhibiting their prosperity, as the south did not supply them with raw materials to manufacture on their own. Northerners wanted to purchase the raw cotton from the south and turn it into finished goods, that way they could sell the manufactures products. Because of this, the north wanted to raise taxes on European go...

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