The Civil War was one of the biggest upsets in American history. The Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1865 with the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery. This war was fought between the Southern and Northern states over four years and is known as the “bloodiest four years in U.S. history” (PBS). The Northern and Southern states were split by the Mason- Dixon line that ran between Maryland and the Pennsylvania territory. White southerners called the Civil War the "war between the states," or "the war for southern independence," even "the war of northern aggression." White northerners on the other hand called it the "war of the rebellion" or "war of secession" (McCARDELL). The key issues that caused conflict between the North and South
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One conflict that they had was the South invented the cotton gin. The invention of the cotton gin led to the use of more slaves (Top Five Causes of the Civil War). The cotton gin decreased production time, increasing the profits that plantation owners were able to amass. The decreased processing time allowed for bigger crop plantations, keeping up with the demand of cotton but increasing the number of slaves needed in order to to process the cotton to keep up with the outgoing supply to meet the demand. By the 1850’s the slave population had grown five times the amount since the beginning of the 19th century (Civil War Trust).The North was opposed to the use of slaves and did not view the invention of the cotton gin in a positive light; however, they still purchased it to make finished goods (Top Five Causes of the Civil …show more content…
The South was based on a plantation system where crops were extremely important to the economy, while the North was more focused on city life and the industrial side of the economy (Top Five Causes of the Civil War). Society in the North and South were also vastly different. The North evolved faster than the South in the way that people of different classes and cultures had learned to accept one another and work together. For instance women in the North were active and hardworking. Some were even going to school to become doctors. The North was also known for being very church oriented, women and men alike were very involved in church like activities (Smitha). The South however maintained the social order that it always had (Top Five Causes of the Civil War). Women especially had a different role, in the South the were put on pedestals and had slaves and other workers to do their jobs for them. This made southern women less independent than their counterparts in the North. The South did not have a middle class like the North, they had an upper class and a lower class. White people in the South were either plantation owners who made money by selling their crops or they were very poor people. “Many historians portray the antebellum South as a region reliant solely on a rural, plantation economy. Although it was not as urbanized and industrialized as the Northern states, the economy of the South had
One conflict that they had was the South invented the cotton gin. The invention of the cotton gin led to the use of more slaves (Top Five Causes of the Civil War). The cotton gin decreased production time, increasing the profits that plantation owners were able to amass. The decreased processing time allowed for bigger crop plantations, keeping up with the demand of cotton but increasing the number of slaves needed in order to to process the cotton to keep up with the outgoing supply to meet the demand. By the 1850’s the slave population had grown five times the amount since the beginning of the 19th century (Civil War Trust).The North was opposed to the use of slaves and did not view the invention of the cotton gin in a positive light; however, they still purchased it to make finished goods (Top Five Causes of the Civil …show more content…
The South was based on a plantation system where crops were extremely important to the economy, while the North was more focused on city life and the industrial side of the economy (Top Five Causes of the Civil War). Society in the North and South were also vastly different. The North evolved faster than the South in the way that people of different classes and cultures had learned to accept one another and work together. For instance women in the North were active and hardworking. Some were even going to school to become doctors. The North was also known for being very church oriented, women and men alike were very involved in church like activities (Smitha). The South however maintained the social order that it always had (Top Five Causes of the Civil War). Women especially had a different role, in the South the were put on pedestals and had slaves and other workers to do their jobs for them. This made southern women less independent than their counterparts in the North. The South did not have a middle class like the North, they had an upper class and a lower class. White people in the South were either plantation owners who made money by selling their crops or they were very poor people. “Many historians portray the antebellum South as a region reliant solely on a rural, plantation economy. Although it was not as urbanized and industrialized as the Northern states, the economy of the South had