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North and South were heavily dependent on each other during the years before the Civil War. The South produced materials (especially tobacco and cotton) which were America's chief export goods. The southern states exported around 80% of the goods that brought cash into the American economy.
However, there was a price for all that wealth. The southern states did not develop a strong manufacturing economy. Most manufactured goods were made in the northern states or in Britain or France. The southern states imported tools, supplies, implements, shoes, clothing.
A more controversial portion of the picture is the money. Most southern plantations were heavily in debt. Despite exporting huge quantities of cash crops, plantations were not all that profitable. Slaves cost a great deal of money. Slaves had to be housed, fed, clothed, supervised, and guarded all year long even if the growing season was only 6 months. The south's cash crops also consumed the nutrients in the soil and before the mass production of chemical fertilizers this meant farming on ever larger pieces of land, and all that land cost money. Southern plantation owners borrowed heavily from northern banks in New York and Boston (and England, also). They lived a lavish lifestyle on borrowed money, and they depended on the north to supply it.
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Why were the north and south so dependent on each other in the 1800s?
Both the North and the South had resources that the other did not. The North had all of the factories, money, and industry, but the South had all of the farmland.
Why wasn't the south wealthy during the civil war?
The South was dependent on the North and other outside resources. It was more decentralized and was not as developed as the North, which could sustain itself.
Did after 1800 the prosperity of both North and South became heavily dependent on growing manufacturing and exporting cotton?
yes
How was the south dependent on slavery?
The economy of the South was dependent upon slave labor.
In the great migration of 1910 to 1940 African Americans moved?
South to north
Why were the north and south so dependent on each other in the 1800s?
Both the North and the South had resources that the other did not. The North had all of the factories, money, and industry, but the South had all of the farmland.
What regions were the most dependent on the railroad?
north has more railroads than south
Who was more dependent on agriculture the south union or the north union?
The South's economy was based almost entirely on agriculture
Why wasn't the south wealthy during the civil war?
The South was dependent on the North and other outside resources. It was more decentralized and was not as developed as the North, which could sustain itself.
Why did Stephen Douglas want a transcontinental railroad?
because he wanted to unify the industrial north and the agricultural south more than they were, so it would discourage further secession of southern states. by trying to link their economies by the railroad, it would be harder for the south to secede since it would be dependent on the north's market, and in turn the north would be dependent to get its raw materials from the south.
What is a synonym for y axis?
Sometimes it is referred to as: the vertical axis the dependent variable the north/south axis
What term is used to describe the fact that countries of the south are economically dependent on the countries of the north?
Central America
Was New Hampshire colony dependent on slaves?
New Hampshire was (and still is) in the north, and so it was not part of the slave based agrarian culture of the south. It was not dependent upon slaves.
Did after 1800 the prosperity of both North and South became heavily dependent on growing manufacturing and exporting cotton?
yes
How was the south dependent on slavery?
The economy of the South was dependent upon slave labor.
Was the southern planters dependent on the north for raw cotton?
No. Short-staple cotton grew plentifully in the South-eastern states.
Antebellum South lacked economic diversity?
Because the south was mainly cotton produced--and trains at that time wasn't built to go very far, the South had to rely on the North for food because the North was so widely diverse on manufacturing, agriculture and more. So then this leaves the answer being: the south was dependent on the north for food supplies.
