North and South Differences

Opposed slavery

• North

• South

Believed in a strong federal government

• North

• South

Supported slavery

• North

• South

Primarily an agricultural society where people lived in villages and towns and on farms and plantations

• North

• South

Farms and Plantations

• North

• South

Cities and people going to work at factories

• North

• South

Rocky soil and shorter growing season

• North

• South

Social and racial privilege meant little opportunities for

public education

• North

• South

cash crops

• North

• South

Fertile soil, long growing season, warm temperatures

• North

• South