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Compare And Contrast North And South Life
Life in the North was different from life in the South. One way they were different was from the economy. Another way that life was different in the North than in the South was the society. Yet again, another way that both the North and South are different is the the geography of both areas.
One way that life in the North was different from life in the South was the economy. In the South, the main source of economy was agriculture. In the South, they used slaves to do work on many large plantations. These plantations may have harvested cotton. On the flipside, the North’s economy had a lot of factories. American textile factories were built in the North. In factories, they may have used steam engines to do work.
Yet again, another way that the North and the South were different was the society of the areas. In the South, there was basically a social status where rich plantation owners were at the top, followed by white farmers, and African Americans at the bottom. In the South any African American that was free, probably had to wear a badge and maybe even live in separate areas from whites. Also in the South, there were few public schools. In the North, cities were not very sanitary. Cities may have lacked sewage and paved roads. In the North, disease spread
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Life in the North had different geography from life in the South. In the South there were many swamps and plains, while there were thick forests and bays in the North. Economy was different in the North than it was in the South as well. Economy in the South was more based on agriculture, while economy in the North had a lot of factories. Another way that the North and the South were different was the society. Many cities the North may have lacked sewage and paved streets, and plantation owners in the South had a high social status. Given these points, the South and the North were different places to

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