Differences Between The North And South After The Civil War

Regional Differences After the Civil War
During the quarter century after the civil war, there were many differences between the north and south. Political changes caused by the death of Lincoln created many conflicts. Socio-cultural differences included the south sharecropping and unfairly treating freedpeople. The economy was changed drastically and there was a lot more cash flow because of new technologies. Finally, the industrial revolution started and became a huge technological advance for the United States.
Political unrest following Abraham Lincoln's death created many differences between the north and the south. Once Andrew Johnson became president, he seemed to go against everything Lincoln had created with the emancipation proclamation. Andrew Johnson was a very accomplished politician but he seemed to become a completely different person when he became president. He allowed continuous racism to happen in the south. Past slaves were now free but still treated unequally and poorly. The government was not handling this well either as they became very frustrated with Johnson and blatantly defied his orders. Johnson and his

There was no longer the classic form of slavery, but there was still a lot of unrest and racism happening. Sharecropping created the ability for many wealthy families in the south to continue to have an unfair plantation system. Most sharecroppers were from newly freed families and were incredibly oppressed. Non-African-American sharecroppers were still oppressed, but not as much. The landowners would get half the profit for doing all of the work in this field. This created no better life for freed people. They were still doing practically the same jobs and still barely getting by from what they were given for the work. The quality of life in the south was much worse than in the north. After the civil war, many people in the north had their jobs replaced by