JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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The North specialized in trade and manufactured goods, and the South specialized in cotton
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The North specialized in tobacco, and the South specialized in food crops
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The North specialized in fishing, and the South specialized in textiles
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The North specialized in agriculture, and the South specialized in mining.
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Detailed explanation-1: -By 1860, 90 percent of the nation’s manufacturing output came from northern states. The North produced 17 times more cotton and woolen textiles than the South, 30 times more leather goods, 20 times more pig iron, and 32 times more firearms. The North produced 3, 200 firearms to every 100 produced in the South.
Detailed explanation-2: -The northern economy relied on manufacturing and the agricultural southern economy depended on the production of cotton. The desire of southerners for unpaid workers to pick the valuable cotton strengthened their need for slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -The North had an industrial economy, an economy focused on manufacturing, while the South had an agricultural economy, an economy focused on farming. Slaves worked on Southern plantations to farm crops, and Northerners would buy these crops to produce goods that they could sell.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement best describes the economic differences between the North and South just prior to the Civil War? The Southern economy was primarily agricultural, while the Northern economy was based on manufacturing.