In the mid-1800s, turmoil broke between the North and the South states. The Southern Confederate states and the Northern Union states shared different beliefs. There were slave states in the South and free states in the North. These two territories shared many other differences, as well as a few minor similarities. The North and the South shared several variations between their social, economic, and political cultures.
Alhough the North and the South were similar in their class structures and medical care, they shared more differences. The North was used to urbal living, where the South was used to rural living. The culture in the North was booming due to larger cities. The North also had organized religion and education, there were chuches and schools in just about every town. In the South, the upper class plantation owners and …show more content…
In the Northern states, industrial living was extremely popular. In the Southern states, agricultural living was the preferred lifestyle. The North was full of large cities, factories, canals, and railroads. The South was full of farms and plantations that consisted of: cotton, sugar cane, tobacco, rice, and indigo; the South also had slaves for the labor and hard work, and they depended on steamboats for transportation and had very few railroads.
During the 1800s, politics were highly influenial. Throughout this time there were two major political parties - Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans were more popular in the North, and Democrats in the South. The Republicans believed the ownership of slaves was a human rights issue and something needed to be done, for one cannot own another person. The Democrats were all for slavery and fought for their right to own slaves as property. The conflict in beliefs between the two political parties caused the colosal disagreement that led to the Civil