What were the fundamental differences between southern society and northern society in the decades leading up to the Civil War? Before the war there were great changes that occurred in the United States. The North was rapidly industrializing that created a separation between the North and the agricultural South. Both the North and South did have some similarities, but the differences between the North and South gradually lead to the Civil War. There were many similarities between The North and South.…
Socially, the North of America had made more progress than the South. The North experienced de facto segregation, which meant that blacks were discriminated against but not segregated by law. This meant that socially black people were more accepted than they were in the south. In the North the black population was mostly concentrated in ghetto areas where homes and schools for blacks were inferior. This meant that black people were not living around white people and that their homes were of a lower standard than the homes of white people.…
The reason the north and south are separated is because they do have differences. While both the sets of colonies had diverse people, the Northern had many more immigrants and the kinds of immigrants coming to each were different. Slavery was also more of a highlight in texts for the Southern colonies because the south had more of a dependence upon them because of their plantations, which were deathly boring and similar to one another. Because plantations were so much labor, they had more of a need for slaves. Slaves only became more popular as the past indentured servants went out of style. The North had several different crops and were on very small farms, as opposed to the southern colonies. Also, because the North had less of a…
The Civil War that raged across America from 1861-1865 was the result of a gradual polarization of the nation. Even though the North and the South were part of the same country, the societies, economies, and geography made it so that they were like two different nations. One of the things that shaped every aspect of life was the geography. The fertile soil and warm climate of the South made it ideal to plant crops like tobacco, cotton, rice, and indigo. Because farm work was so profitable to the Southerners, 80 percent of the southern population was working on farms. The northern soil and climate did not favor large plantations. In fact, by 1860, one quarter of all northerners were living in urban areas because that is where the factories and…
What were the physical and geographical similarities and differences between the northern and southern English colonies? There were no similarities between the two colonies physically.…
How was life in the North different from the South LIfe in the North had a lot of differences than life in the South. They both had different economies, societies, geographies and transportation. For example, the North’s economy was based on working on industrial machines and the South’s economy was based on working on their farms and picking cotton out of their fields, those are two totally different economies.…
During the 1600’s a social difference that the North & the South had was slave labor, the North did not depend on it like the South did. Most the of people in the North were families of Puritans, Dutch, & Quakers that operated their own farms and business, unlike the South most of their groups were people seeking to gain wealth. The Northern colonies, Puritans and Quakers based their societies of the bible, women were granted education, and young men were expected to earn a career on trade or work towards religious or political. Colonists in the South created a society based on farming, wealthy plantation owners controlled the economy, they also controlled the social and political life of the south. People in the South lived in large farms,…
The economy of the South depended primarily on slaves. Its settlers had plantations of cotton, which was very profitable at that time, but they needed a cheap labour force to work their lands (slaves). Living in the South meant either having a lot of money to invest on lands (for crop plantations) or working in the only available jobs, which were done by slaves. Since not everyone was able to afford high amounts of money or willing to do slave work, many decided to migrate to the North so as to find job opportunities there. These facts lead to differences in terms of population: the North grew much faster than the South. Besides, black population was concentrated in the South for its economy depended on black slaves.…
The north and the south had many differences before the Civil war. With the climate, economy, culture, transportation, and more. There were many things that made the south different than the north one of the main differences between the South and the North was that the South was slave states and the North was free states. Climate/Geography To start off with, the south climate was warm and sunny. The South also have humid summers mild winters and heavy rainfall.…
Because of this the system wasn’t the same like in the north. Slaves were also treated much more ruthless in the south. There was a much better living standard in the north because the slaves were not as important to farming. Even though there were slaves women were still at the bottom of the social ladder. Women had a tough life during the colonial period.…
The South was agricultural and lived more off of the land than the north did. The South did want to go west but, they just also wanted to ensure that they would have slaves to work the land. The North felt like…
The North was (as mentioned earlier) completely different from the South. The most important thing they disagreed with the South about was slavery. The North was against it & wanted to abolish it throughout the country. Another item that separated the North from the South was that the North embraced industry. Building factories and cities to better suit the needs of the growing country. Most steel and weapons and furniture and other manufactured goods came from the North.…
Conditions for African Americans in the North differed very slightly from the South, including segregation, discrimination, and violence. The South was heavily segregated due to the Jim Crow Laws, and had separate facilities for blacks and whites. The North wasn't segregated as much, although black and white neighborhoods were separate. Discrimination in the North was very much like the South. Employers rarely hired African Americans, as well as public groups didn't support African American membership.…
had to work together. On the other hand, the South continued to hold onto an…
One quality used to characterize the colony regions is its geography and climate. Both the Southern and Middle colonies have fertile soil and long growing seasons, while the New England colonies have very poor soil. The Backcountry of the Southern colonies contained mountains, springs, streams, rivers, forests and rough roads. The New England colonies also had forests, and the Middle colonies had coastal lowlands containing harbors (such as the New York Port) and bays. The New England colonies had the longest, coldest winters, the Middle colonies had a milder climate, and the Southern colonies had the warmest climate. Geography and climate is one way colonial regions are compared and contrasted.…