USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The North’s economy was better off during the war than the South’s was. The North had more factories. Almost ninety percent of manufactured goods were made in the North. There were more miles of railroad in the North, too.

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: -The benefits of cotton produced by enslaved workers extended to industries beyond the South. In the North and Great Britain, cotton mills hummed, while the financial and shipping industries also saw gains.