Pros And Cons Of Living In The North After The Civil War

“In America there must only be citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south” (John F. Kennedy) While the North and South states fought the Civil War over slavery, both sides had different beliefs in fighting one another. Living life in the North was very different to life in the South. Depending on the person, racial issues were still a concern. Although slaves who traveled from the South were free men/women there was still that discrimination taking place in the North. The population was increasing meaning the cities were getting crowded and the employment was raising through the roofs! The North's industry and manufacturing economy was at least 90% of the nation’s manufacturing output! Summers in the North were warm while the winters were snowy and cold. Most of the farming weren’t so great because of the rocky terrain, hills and the soil making the farming have a short growing season. They used the waterfall from the rain and turned it into a waterpower source. Using the railroads many raw goods were transported into the Northern states. The Northern states favored high tariffs, or taxes on goods coming in from other countries in order to protect their industry.
To live in the South you were based on skin tone. Blacks were slaves and whites …show more content…
The north states had better supplies in war, yet the South had some advantages also. While the North states’ cities were becoming wealthier with the manufacturing it also caused the attraction to skilled people. People in the South earned their living profit off of their crops planted from the slaves. Another major problem was the population. The North had a larger percent of the population because of the industry and the South had a less amount of people because the it was largely