The economy in the United States was very different throughout the regions of the United States. The economy affected the social system, the production and manufacturing system, and the industrialization. Government policies and laws about slavery, taxes, and transportation greatly affected the economies in the North, the South, and the West in different ways and led to different results. Slave policy affected the economies in the North, the South, and the West very differently because each region had different ways the slave population affected their economy. Although the North relied on slavery because the slaves produced raw materials in the South that were then sent to the North for manufacturing, they had abolished slavery in their states and had many free Blacks. In the South, slave policy affected the economy by making slave owners richer than they were, but also making it so the South did not industrialize themselves until the Civil War. Slavery affected the West by helping them industrialize and build railways and other forms of transportation faster and cheaper. Slavery was the workforce of the United States even if the majority of the white population did not actively hold slaves. …show more content…
Tax acts created conflict throughout the North leading to many rebellions. While the South was affected by taxes because they were less taxed and the rich plantation owners held a lot of the debt the country held. Taxes affected the West by making the West accessible, through military force, to the citizens and lowly taxing the population to make it more popular. The tax policies did not have the same effect for any of the regions in the United States, but they did create change, whether good or bad, and the policies favored the rich white
When reading about the institution of slavery in the United States, it is easy to focus on life for the slaves on the plantations—the places where the millions of people purchased to serve as slaves in the United States lived, made families, and eventually died. Most of the information we seek is about what daily life was like for these people, and what went “wrong” in our country’s collective psyche that allowed us to normalize the practice of keeping human beings as property, no more or less valuable than the machines in the factories which bolstered industrialized economies at the time. Many of us want to find information that assuages our own personal feelings of discomfort or even guilt over the practice which kept Southern life moving
In the South, however, the economy was predominantly agricultural. Cotton and tobacco plantations relied heavily on the free labor of slaves for their economic prosperity. They saw the urbanization and industrialization of the North, and the economic connection between the North a...
The North had an industrial economy, and the South concentrated on a farming economy. This created many issues over what tariffs should be placed on. The South wanted tariffs to be placed on farming goods such as cotton, tobacco, etc. This contrasted the North because they wanted tariffs to be placed on manufactured goods to benefit the economy of the North. The North created a tariff called the Tariff of Abominations which made purchased goods from Europe more expensive. This angered the South because their main buyer for their exports was Europe, and this resulted in th...
Slavery prospered more in the South than in the North. Many have wondered why this occurred. This happened for several reasons. To begin with, the South needed additional workers to operate their farms and plantations. Another reason they had slaves was to increase the size of their military force. Last but not least, they didn’t feel that African Americans were entitled to human rights. Based on these items, the Northerners did not share the same view on slavery as the Southerners did. Most of the population in the North did not condone slavery. This was partially because they did not have the same agricultural needs. In addition to this, they felt that all races deserved to be treated equally.
From colonial times there were differences in geography that gave rise to variations in culture and economy in the United States. Due to the differing characteristics, a sectional economy molded the United States into two distinct regions: the north and the south. The north, a commercial society, which supported industry and commerce while the south, an agrarian civilization, flourished in the production of raw materials with use of slaves. The two economies were both self-supporting and capable to create a stronger, more productive nation. The regional differences sought to build America, in turn threatened to destroy it. Many Historians believe that the Civil War was constructed over the issue of slavery. However, the concerns of states' rights versus federal rights and the unfair legislation representation were the principal causes of the Civil War.
The Union economy was based on manufacturing, and even the minorities in the North were better off than those in the South most of the time. The Northern politicians wanted tariffs, and a large army. The Southern plantation owners wanted the exact opposite.
The institution of slavery, from the year 1830 to 1860, created a divide between the northern and southern regions of the United States. Southerners, who relied on slaves to maintain their plantations, supported the institution, as it was a major part of their economy. Meanwhile, northerners, many of whom depended on slave produced cotton for textile mills and goods for the shipping industry, were divided on the slave issue, as some saw it as a blessing while the abolitionists saw it as a horrific institution. Overall, attitudes toward the institution of slavery, due to a variety of causes, differed in the varying regions in the United States from 1830 to 1860.
The most important difference between the north and south was the issue of slavery. The South was primarily agricultural, and the southern economy was based upon the existence of large family farms known as plantations. The plantation economy relied on cheap labor in the form of slaves to produce tobacco and cotton. Farmers on the plantation did not do the work themselves; they needed slaves in order to make the largest amount of money possible. The North, however, was primarily industrial in nature. The North believed that all men should be able to work and support themselves and their families, regardless of color. They also felt that if a man were happy doing his job, then he would be more productive. Therefore, both he and the business would make more money.
The southern states were all tied together, but they each had there own economic priorities and there own view and importance on slavery. First, the Lower South (South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas) there focus ands main crop production was cotton; therefore concluding that slavery in the Lower South was highly important to their productivity. Next, the Middle South (Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas) had many different agricultural needs and many jobs spread throughout the area reducing the need for slavery in this region. Lastly, The Upper or Border South (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri) slavery was beginning to decrease. The Lower South definitely favored slavery more than other regions, but they needed the slaves for all the cotton that there producing; the entire South had one thing in common and that was that they were against doing away with slavery. Therefore, the Old South was trying to increase slavery while the Union was trying to do away with, which led to the Confederate States of America in
Position: To convince my audience that although slavery occurred years ago, it still negatively affects black people in America today.”
Slavery was a practice in many countries in the 17th and 18th centuries, but its effects in human history was unique to the United States. Many factors played a part in the existence of slavery in colonial America; the most noticeable was the effect that it had on the personal and financial growth of the people and the nation. Capitalism, individualism and racism were the utmost noticeable factors during this most controversial period in American history. Other factors, although less discussed throughout history, also contributed to the economic rise of early American economy, such as, plantationism and urbanization. Individually, these factors led to an enormous economic growth for the early American colonies, but collectively, it left a social gap that we are still trying to bridge today.
The Southern economy was primarily agricultural. This economy, like many other agricultural economies, did not allow for a great deal of social mobility. The South also lacked factories, or much industry. However, this was not the main difference between the North and the South. Most troubling to Northerners was that the South used slaves as its main source of labor.
One of the other issues that led America to a great divide was the debate over who would control the western territory Americans were settling. This particular issue mattered because of the difference in economic policies of the North and South. While the North supported policies that would promote domestic production over importation, the South however supported policies that would encourage trade of cotton with other countries and policies encouraging only domestic production would hinder this. Added to the struggle for power, the North and South disagreed on the controversial issue of slavery.
The South’s economical state depended on the backs of the slaves. After all, slavery was a form of free labor that gave southern plantation owners an affordable way to mass produce. Slavery became so common that it was a dependent for the South (Arrington). Slavery in the eighteen hundreds was as important to southern plantations as cars are for most people today. Without one’s slaves, there was almost no way to earn a profit and be successful for some.
...nt to the south to free the slaves from their masters and the Underground Railroad that secretly moved slaves from safe house to safe house until they were in Canada, tremendously angered the South. They realized that they needed to fight in order to get the independence they wished for, so then there could therefore do what they wished. Politically, the North further split the views on issues and developed more laws against slavery in the South. Socially the North strengthened their own cause in the because of things like Uncle Tom's cabin; that lead to Northerners forming the Underground Railroad. Economically, the South was crushed with protection tariffs that emptied out southern pockets. The North most definitely contributed to the Political, Social and Economic issues that divided and angered the country in the time before 1861; eventually leading to Civil War.