Differences Between North And South America

Life was different today than it was between 1800 and 1850. But even the northern U.S was different from the southern U.S. They had differences in economy, social structure, daily life, and social attitudes, but they also were similar to one another in ways. What was so different about them? Were they not a part of the same Union? Although most northerners were small farmers, the North mostly centered around industrialization and factories. Many immigrants from Northern Europe fled to the Northern U.S and in search for a better life. But the Northerners resented the immigrants, creating anti-immigrant groups, such as the Know-Nothings, and called themselves nativists. There were also problems for the population as the cities rapidly grew, …show more content…
Without the North, the South couldn’t process their cotton and export it to make money. Without the South, the North wouldn’t have much business and wouldn’t make much money in return. In both regions, everyone on the family farm had a job and worked, including the children. Cities developed along bodies of water in both regions, like on the east coast and along inland waterways. The West, however, would most likely be split along the 36o 30” parallel and the appropriate societies in their respective regions, Northern society in the north and Southern society in the south. The West would probably be split on who to side with on important issues, because of its split societies would interfere with one another. I think that even if the North and South were different, they were still united in a way. The South provided raw materials, mostly cotton, to be sent to the North to be refined and turned into goods, like clothes, and exported to other countries. If either one of the parts weren’t doing their part, then the entire U.S would suffer because they wouldn’t have the money or materials to stay