Northern vs Southern Society
By Dylan Mathwig
Northern Society
Northern Society Politics
- Most Northerners were in favor of Abraham Lincoln's Republican party.
Northern Society Social
- Urbanized with one fourth of the population living in cities
- Children had a better chance of attending school in the North compared to the South
- Northerners had careers in business, medicine, and education
- Women stayed at home and raised kids until the Civil War, then had to find work when the men were off at war
- No slavery but was still separated somewhat by color
- Northern children had a higher literacy rate
- Lower birth rate than the south
- Families mainly depended on the male for providing for the family, until the Civil War when women started working
Northern Society Economics
- Mostly manufacturing
- Large immigrant population working in factories
- Industries benefitted from the numerous amounts of natural resources that were found in the North
- Produced Iron and Steel
- Transportation advantages with railroads
- Factory working conditions were very poor
Southern Society
Southern Society Politics
- When part of the United States, most voted for Democrats
- Confederate States of America
- considered a separate country from the Union
- no public education system
Southern Society Economics
- Mostly agricultural
- Poor southerners didn't own slaves and worked on farms to supply themselves
- Produced tobacco and cotton
- Little Industry
- Held a disadvantage compared to the North economically because of the lack of railroads
- Most of the wealth was owned by plantation owners
Southern Society Social
- Population almost completely equal between white and black people.
- Children had a harder time attending school than northern children
- Not densely populated
- One tenth population lived in Urban areas
- Women had the same roles as women in the North
- Biggest city was New Orleans
- Lower literacy rate than North
- Some slaves were almost treated more like animals than actual humans
- Families mainly depended on the male for providing for the family
- Higher birth rate than the North, sometimes as a result of many injustices between white men and slaves