0
Why did some Southerners leaders want to develop industry in the south?
Wiki User
∙ 6y agoWant this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Why didnt the south develop industry before the civil war?
Southerners were plantation farmers, so they didn't invest in the industry. Instead, they invested in slaves.
What two arguments did leaders present for developing industry in the south?
These leaders argued that by remaining committed to cotton production, the south was becoming dependent on the north for manufactured goods. These southerners also argued that factories and workshops would revive the economy of the Upper South, which was less prosperous than the cotton states.
What group made up the south's political leaders?
The three groups that made up the south political leaders were Scalawags-white Southerners,Carpetbaggers . and African Americans eager.
What group made up South's political leaders?
The three groups that made up the south political leaders were Scalawags-white Southerners,Carpetbaggers . and African Americans eager.
How successful were efforts to attract industry to the South?
Southern leaders pushed hard to attract industry. States offered large inducements and cheap labor to investors to develop the steel, lumber, tobacco, and textile industries.
How successful were efforts to attracts industry to the south?
Southern leaders pushed hard to attract industry. States offered large inducements and cheap labor to investors to develop the steel, lumber, tobacco, and textile industries.
Who criticized the carpetbaggers?
The Southerners criticized the carpetbaggers. Why? well because the carpetbaggers were renovating the South as if they were bringing parts of the North in order to develop South as the North
Why did southerners remain committed to farming?
The South's landscape was more fertile and rich than in the North. Wide and vast fields also contributed to large plantations for producing cash crops, such as tobacco. The North practice subsistence farming, for their terrain was much rockier and hills were more abundant. The North was the hub of shipping and fishing while the South practiced agriculture for their source of food and economically kept them ahead.
Which reason explains why the doctrine of nullification became popular in the south?
Southerners wanted to force the federal government to provide the same transportation improvements in the South that had benefited the West, Southerners believed that Congress was controlled by an alliance of leaders from the Northeast and the West, the 1828 tariff hit the South especially hard economically, Southerners wanted to divide the United States into two separate countries
How did Southern slaveholders attempt to convince people in the North to support slavery?
The Southerners pointed out that northern industry relied on southern cotton. Southern slaveholders argued that slavery benefited both the South and the North because the North's textile and shipping industries depended upon cotton from the South.
What two arguments did some leaders present for developing in the south?
These leaders argued that by remaining committed to cotton production, the south was becoming dependent on the north for manufactured goods. These southerners also argued that factories and workshops would revive the economy of the Upper South, which was less prosperous than the cotton states.
Why did the southerners feel that their way of life was under attack?
because the northern states were trying to abolish slavery, which was critical to the cotton and agricultural industry in the south.
