In 1860, the North had significantly greater wealth compared to the South. The North's industrial economy, with its factories and infrastructure, contributed to a higher overall gross domestic product, while the South's economy was largely agrarian and reliant on slave labor for cotton production. Additionally, the North had more railroads, banks, and a larger population, which further supported its economic strength. This disparity in wealth was one of the contributing factors to the tensions leading up to the Civil War.
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North's is 11, South's with only 2.
The crops in the South were cash crops and crops in the North were consumable crops.
Lincoln was elected on a ticket of no new slave-states. The South was doomed to be outvoted in Congress, which would keep passing laws that favoured the North. So the South broke away, feeling that its cotton wealth alone would be enough, on which to build a separate nation.
Because it was industrialised, and it was attracting many immigrants from Europe.
With most of the US Civil War battles taking place in the South, Northern industry boomed during the war. Government contracts to businesses for war supplies helped this growth. After the war, as the North expanded westward, the South remained stagnant. Between 1860 and 1870, wealth in North grew by 50%. By comparison, the economic trends in the South went in reverse. Southern wealth declined by 60%. It would take the South 60 years to reach the level of wealth it had in 1860.
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This ten year period was one of marked economic contrasts. As an example, in this ten year period the economic wealth of the South declined approximately 60% while in the same time period the North's wealth increased by 50%.
In 1860 the North and South were moving toward systems of mass production
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North's is 11, South's with only 2.
The total number of the white population of the upper south in 1860 was 4,464,501. The total number of the white population of the lower south in 1860 was 3,574,199.
What were some advantages of the South? What about North
In 1860, Northern states had 110,000 manufacturing establishments. In contrast to this the South had only 18,000.
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The south had more miles of railroad then the north in the 1860's