What Was The Difference Between The North And South In The 1800's

Difference of climate and location, industrialization, and lack of concrete government decisions, led the North and South to become two completely different societies with completely different values and ideas, the most controversial topic being slavery. Because of the rising concern of these factors, the two regions differences amplified during the 1800’s. Although the two were so different from each other, they relied on one another in order to maintain their separate ways of life. The South has a climate with lots sun, with humid summers and heavy rainfall. This is perfect for agriculture and the capability to produce an abundance of many different kinds of crops such as cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane, and indigo. This called for a large amount of labor for producing all of these crops, especially cotton. After the invention of the cotton gin, production skyrocketed. “In 1793 Southern farmers produced about 10,000 bales of cotton. By 1835, they were growing over 1,000,000. Cotton exports made up two thirds of the total value of American exports.”(civilwar.org) This made slave labor almost irresistible for the southerners.
There is rocky terrain, bad soil, and short growing seasons, so it made sense not to focus on crops. There were many forests with timber for shipbuilding and inlets to the coast to sail those ships. This attracted many immigrants from Europe because of the easy access and easily settleable by going down the rivers that extend from the bays. “In fact an overwhelming majority of immigrants, seven out of every eight, Settled in the north rather than the south.” Between 1800 and 1860, “...population rose from about 5 million to 31 million.”(civilwar.org) New cities started appearing, which served as trading centers, leading up to massive industrialization in the