Differences And Similarities Between The North And South From 1800 To 1850

Between 1800 and 1850, the North and South had grown distinctively different, but they also had some similarities. Some of the differences & similarities between the North and South included the economy, social attitudes & structures, and daily life. The North and the South had farmers and everyone including children worked on the family farms. As time went by, the North became more industrialized and manufacturing became the center point of their economy rather than agriculture. Factories popped up all along the east coast and the inland waterways. As factories, foundries, and mills grew the demand for workers increased. As the word of jobs spread, ships brought European immigrants. The South’s economy was centered around agriculture. Industry did not develop in the South because there was not enough labor. Masters could earn more from growing cotton than from industry, so they didn’t want their slaves to work in factories. Cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane, and indigo were sold as cash crops. However, the reason why the South became so rich was become of cotton. The economic relationship between the North and South during this time was that the South produced cotton and the North used the cotton to manufacture textiles. As the textile mills

In the South, a social hierarchy was developed. Wealthy plantation owners were at the top of the social hierarchy, white subsistence farmers were in the middle, and enslaved black people at the bottom. In the North, a social hierarchy was not developed. The North was generally “free soil”, meaning they supported the idea of wage labor versus slavery. The European immigrants that came to the North were able to settle into the cities and start working. Although others made more money than others, the people of the North knew that with hard work they could move up in the economy unlike the people of the