The Similarities Between The North And South's Culture

South vs. North The north and the South’s culture are defiantly more different than you would think. The economy of the south was mainly all about farming unlike the north. The North’s economy was farming and factories. The transportation between the two places was almost exactly the same. The society to the north is not as you would think. The south society was different than the north by a big difference. The north and South’s cultures are close but not to close. The south had a hard time keeping their economy during the Civil war. The south lost its cotton farms, getting rid of their money system. The cotton was mainly in New York with no gold or silver, the south was in trouble. The south had no minerals to create coins and the people of the south did not trust paper money. The government printed paper money and the people would not pay taxes on the paper money. Therefore the states had to raise the taxes for their own people. With so many people gone to fight the war, the crops were abandoned. The south started to run out of food, they started to starve. Some people heard this and left the war to help. With the south running out of food they were having major problems but worse the south was a land with few factories and metal. The …show more content…
The army had plenty of weapons that were made in several of the factories of the north. They had guns with ammunition. They even wore blue army suits. The north had everything to make their army look good. The north also had 69% of America’s railroads (Shmoop Editorial Team). The north did have all the things for the war, but they needed more money. They decided to print paper money and then give gold out for the paper money that people ended up with. The north came up with a new tax system now called the IRS system, in 1862 (Shmoop Editorial Team). The north had a lot more things because of their economy but still they almost