How did the economic trends that occured in the 1800 affect the north and the south differently?

Answer 1

The Industrial Revolution was a benefit to the Northern states and made them more dependent upon human labor to operate machinery to manufacturer goods in factories. The South benefitted from the invention of the cotton gin, but this created more of a demand for slaves. The North was not reliant on slave labor as was the South, and this created a major economic rift leading up to the Civil War.

Answer 2

1. Each year the North was becoming ever more urban and industrialized that the South. Its population, already more than twice as large as the South's, was becoming even larger and more diverse as Irish and German immigrants crowded into northern cities. By 1860, nine of the country 's ten largest cities were located in the North.