How Did The Industrial Revolution Affect The Relationship Between North And South

With every new age, advancements are made and problems arise as people adapt. The industrial revolution had many impacts on society as social reform movements began to gain momentum, slavery was being dealt with, expansionism brought up new ways of life, but the tension between the North and the South were also increased. From 1800 to 1860 new inventions improved life, but the differences between populations necessities simply kindled the fire that was already burning due to slavery. The travel system, factories, and overall wealth are a couple of ways industrial development factored in the relationship between the North and the South. At the start of America, horses, wagons, and feet were great ways to travel, as people explored more

Baltimore, in 1827, had yet to implement canals and decided to look towards the future with coal powered machines. Out of this came the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad that did not come close to touching the South. Eventually, the transcontinental railroad would be built stretching from the San Francisco on the West coast (Central Pacific) to the Omaha, Nebraska ( Union Pacific) meeting in Promontory, Utah with the golden spike in 1869. In the upcoming war the lack of transportation and connectivity of the South would be a great hindrance. In an 1829 map, depicting the stretch between Charlestown and Hamburg it becomes apparent how spread out major cities were and how few towns were in between (Howard). Another impact the trains had on the relationship between the North and the South was the relationship between the states in those two territories. The North was well connected with each other and had many similar ideals. They had a higher population of people who expanded from their little farms to the big cities and factories. The South, as the map showed, was not as connected and when it came to secession the South was united but after that too many state rights and a weak central government with a weak president formed hydrogen bonds that easily break compared to the ionic bonds of the North. The Bessemer process in the

The North was the hub of factories, the new ideology of bring the workers to the factories, as with the Lowell Girls. The Lowell girls being young ladies leaving their family farms for a short time to make some money before returning home to be in their rightful place of barefoot and pregnant. The factories in the North needed the cotton from the South: this lead to a feeling of abuse in the South due to prices on many manufactured items when they had produced the cotton to begin with. When war came the South believed “King Cotton” would win the war simply because the North would be unable to produce goods to export to Europe. Britain and Europe did not need the cotton from the South and disagreed with slavery more than anything else. The Factories were used for manufacturing weapons and necessities for soldiers rather than building factories from the scratch like the South. William T. Sherman, commonly known for his march to the sea, is quoted as