First, slavery makes them differ because slavery was mostly prohibited in the 1800s. In the North, most African Americans were free. Therefore, they did use slave labor. The South depended very high on slave labor. They bought and sold slaves, separated families, and put them in “slave pins”. The South was very dependent on agriculture, the bigger the cotton plantation, the more slaves became essential to the south. The number of slaves greatly increased.
Secondly, the South was greatly dependent and based on agriculture. They used cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, cane, and indigo as cash crops. After Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, cotton became the most important crop. They did not create urban centers, such as industry, commerce, and finance. The cities in the South were very small and failed to create a sturdy economy. The North was based on manufacturing. Many people began producing goods and working in factories. They began to produce textiles with cotton that …show more content…
The Industrial Revolution is a period to transition to a manufacturing processes. It took place primarily in the New England. It changed the economy and society itself. The factory system had a massive growth. The farmers began to raise livestock and crops to be sold. The cotton gin was created in the South. The steam engine was created in the North. Farmers in the South began to buy goods made in the Northern factories. The market economy was then developed. In this economy, manufacturing and agriculture support the growth of each other. The shipping industry was