The south's economy would plummet. Slave labor was the only means for Southerners to make money. If slaves were taken away from cotton gin factories and large plantations, there would not be any work being done. Therefore, no slaves = no money. no money=bad economy.
Slaves were expensive and cotton was a very hard crop to raise and maintaine. If a harvest of cotton failed it would negativiley impant the Souths economy.
It suited them fine that slavery should be declared legal. They were as delighted as the Abolitonists were horrified, and the two sides were driven further apart than ever.
Goals of the North were to abolish slavery while goals of the South were to keep slavery. The North's advantages were that they had railroads so that they could move equipment etc. round easily while the South didn't have as many and it was more difficult to move supplies, which was a huge factor in the war. The Souths advantages were that they had slaves working for them doing the work while the North did not. Also the North had freed slaves fighting for them as well.
Reconstruction Plan.
traditional lifestyle
Because much of the souths economy depended on it.
because he wanted to abolish slavery and the souths economy depended on slavery for field work while the north had factories to fuel their economy
By using it as a dye in the making of clothes
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yes, it was. they needed the slaves to harvest their crops, such as cotton
Slaves were expensive and cotton was a very hard crop to raise and maintaine. If a harvest of cotton failed it would negativiley impant the Souths economy.
Slavery in the southern states was supported by plantation owners who made their money off of crops. They believed that slaves were necessary to keep the southern economy going, so slaveholders were not willing to let their slaves go.
it caused inflation, prices rose 9,000 percent %
Before the War it was great. During and afterwards it was terrible.
It is separated from North Korea, and Souths' economy is better than norths'.
Because he did not get any southern voters and he did not believe in slavery (wich the souths echnomy was based upon).
The social and economic battles fought during the civil war began with the Souths dependence on slave labor. Their economy depended on the good picked and farmed by the slave. The end of slavery threatened that way of life.