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    cotton farming‚ while the North’s economy was based on manufacturing. Because the South did not manufacture goods‚ they were forced to purchase products from the North to‚ thus adding to the North’s economy. Then‚ with the South’s money the North would purchase cotton from the southern states. Also‚ in the South‚ there were hardly any job opportunities for whites since slaves were used on the fields‚ but unlike the North‚ where job opportunities were great and mainly were abundant in factories for the

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    major cities in the North. By 1860‚ the population stood at 23 million compared to the South’s nine million. By contrast‚ 80 percent of Southerners were employed in agriculture‚ compared to just 40 percent in the North. The South’s slave economy supported their agriculture. Towards the end of this period‚ only one-ninth of the United States’ industrial capacity was situated in the South. According to Towner (2011)‚ both

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    peninsula is divided into two countries: North Korea and South Korea. Although there is a division of landscape‚ government‚ and culture‚ the bulk of people in Korea consider themselves a part of the Korean nation. Regardless of that‚ the countries do have their differences. The entire peninsula is cut off from Northeast China by rugged mountains and sizable rivers (Rowntree 365). The north suffers from heavy deforestation‚ however it has more natural resources. The south has made extensive reforestation

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    This development difference occurred because of at least three reasons‚ which are religious‚ social and economical. These differences would lead to disputes between North and South that would take place for years. Religiously the two regions were on almost opposite ends of the spectrum. The North‚ according to document D‚ made God the center of their government. This led to everybody in the colony having good morals and set on living an honest‚ religious life. The South‚ however‚ had no such

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    As the North and South developed in the early 1800’s they soon grew to be vastly different. Their ideologies on social issues and economy issues ranged greatly. As times went on‚ the north became increasingly more urban and industrial. They relied on factories and manufacturing to fuel their economy. The north seeked cheap labor from needy immigrants and began to out produce the farming based south. The cities that developed in the North became centers of trade. As mass production began‚ so did

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    South Vs North The South did wanted slaves ‚while the North did not want nothing to do with slavery. In the united states there use to be equal amount of slave states. The South and the North had different opinions on slavery. The south wanted slavery while the North opposed to have slavery in the territory. The north wanted to move because they did not want slavery. The south seceded from the union because fighting over slavery‚ economic differences‚ and political differences. The south seceded

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    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

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    The North and the South The North and South had similarities and differences in the 1800’s‚ but can the differences drive them to a civil war? Women were mad about having so little rights‚ slavery was being questioned‚ and the political parties couldn’t seem to agree. Women in the United States had little rights‚ but women in the North had more‚ but not where it really counted. In the North‚ women had ownership of their wages and property (Holt‚ pg. 427). New York demonstrated giving women more rights

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    slavery the South was driven by it‚ while the North wasn’t. In the North it has bad soil while in the South they had great soil. Also in the North they came for religious freedom while in the South they came for money. Although they had these difference they all came from England. People settled in the North and South Colonies for different reasons based on geography and culture‚ they had a different way of life‚ but also did things similarly. Although both the North and the South had slavery

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    The north and south have always had different viewpoints upon their war. The north had battled because they needed to protect their unity. The south had fought to protect slavery and to keep their own state rights. Both sides had their reasons for battle. Now even though they did battle for different reasons‚ both sides also had thought that were similar to the other’s. Whether this is view is upon battle tactics or economical advances‚ the ideas might have been extremely similar. Unbeknownst to

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