Economic Difference Between North And South Industrialization

Webster defines economics as "the science concerned with the making, selling, and using of goods” or in lame man terms wants and needs fulfilled with limited resources. The north and south had many differences due to diversification within their economies; such as; crop differences to the imposed tariffs on them to economic need for cheap labor i.e. slaves. The framers of the Constitution specifically tried to avoid dealing with slavery because at one time or another it was a critical part of their economic stability. These differences became noticeable and tension between the two started to kindle.
One difference in economics was Industrialization verses Agriculture. In the north industrialization began while the south agricultural demand for cotton became great in the textile industry, which in turn caused the southern plantation culture to spread. According to Davis, slavery was a culture and society in the South that created a “broad economy dominated by cotton, rice, tobacco and sugar” (p.8). Even thought the south dominated the agricultural industry, the north still had some type of presence in the agricultural industry. In fact the majority of the north was still
Social and cultural differences did not exist between the North and the South, they both prayed to the same god, spoke the same language, shared songs and ancestry alike; however the only difference was “slave labor” verses “free labor”. Slaves were not only important within the labor and economic infrastructures; it was the heart of the Southern economy. This was the cheapest of all types of labor, no payroll with exuberant profits. On the flip side free labor had its costs. According to Forner, “Free labor meant labor with economic choices, with the opportunity to quit”, a big labor difference from the South (p.16). Slave labor had no choice to quit; they did not have the right to do