North
Political, Economic, and Social Aspects
Economic
- climate favored smaller farms rather than large plantations
- industry and manufacturing was main economic source
- large city due to industry: New York
- factories workers were immigrants from Europe
- contained more than 2/3 of railroad tracks
- most crops produced were corn and wheat
- considered a plantation if 800+ acres and owned more than 50 slaves
Social
- children of wealthy and middle class families attended school
- population twice as much as South
- women were looked at as very moral and were put in charge of educated their children and teaching them how to be constructive members of society
- the lower classes worked in factories and mills
- 50% of wealth in 5% of families in U.S.
Political
- slavery had died out
- many belonged to Whig/Republican party
- legal/political rights to men
- politics more focused around industrialization (for example, tariffs were passed during Jackson's presidency to protect manufacturing)
Industry
The North was big on manufacturing and transported the majority of their goods via canals.
Factories
Immigrants were the primary employees in factories in the North given the America's complete detest of immigrants.
Way of LIving
Life up north was very structured around urban life and many cities flourished because of manufacturing and trade.
The North-Pre Civil War
The North Before the War (The Civil War: Two Views Part 1)