How Would You Compare And Contrast The Economic System Between 1820 And 1860

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The North and the South emerged as two districts reasons because they had various differences. These differences included the geography, the economy, and education. This all have a roll to play when the time comes for the Civil War and the Union dividing. The first contrast between the districts is the geography and the climate between the two. It may be know that in the north is is cooler. In the text it states, “workers, waterpower, location, and capital were key factors in New England’s Industrial Revolution.” This is a state where a demand of workers is the best option. They have it hard from the safety of workers in a small but large area. From the text, “it was close to other resources, including coal and iron from nearby Pennsylvania.” …show more content…

In the south, they had cities, but mostly for trade. The main crop was cotton, which was hard to harvest. From the text in chapter 9, “the economy of the South prospered between 1820, and 1860. Unlike the industrial North, however, the South remained predominantly rural.” From this text, it could be said that the north had a better industry, but the South lead in farming. The economy of the South was very slow because of the waiting for crops to grow, but the slave trade was the second best part of the economy. It was a dangerous trade because of kidnapping and buying a free slave. The economy for the North is the opposite of the South. Their main part was trade and industry. From chapter 8, it states, “people left their homes and farms to work in the mills and earn wages.” This came to be known as the Industrial Revolution, where a new way of making goods comes alive. It was immigrants that would take the jobs of factories and mills, and it was a dangerous job with little pay and frequent injuries. That it the way that the economy is different between the two districts. They go different ways to feed their families, and the to make a living for their family to follow and how they would get a …show more content…

In the North, only the rich could afford to send their children to a private school. In the early 1800s, only New England would allow free elementary school. Many wanted free education from tax dollars. They accepted three principles. From Chapter 8, “schools should be free…. Teachers should be trained…. Children should be required to attend school. They didn’t go into action until 1820 between 1850 when they opened colleges and special needs schools. There was a uprise for education in the North that not everyone in the South had. Most children didn’t go to school because families thought that the job they needed to do was farming, which didn’t require any type of education at all. Many families couldn’t afford to send their children to a private school. Not only that but, from chapter 9, “Southerners believed education was a private matter, not a state function: therefore, the state should not spend money on education. It was not something that you would take for granite in the South. Many kids had to travel miles just to get to a small classroom. And every few states decided to put up some hundred public schools in such a large

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