The South had not industrialized or, if it had done so, it was on a very limited manner. With that in mind, the economic interests of the states in the North, as compared to the states in the South, were different. The North aimed to make its industrial product more competitive on the international markets, the South relied on free labor and had an agrarian economy. With slavery as the base of that, it was difficult to mediate between these differences. From a social perspective, slavery was also a major cause of the Civil War. The people who lived in the North were free, a large proportion of the people living in the South or not. From a social point-of-view, this created an enormous social differentiation, including in terms of social norms and...
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