The Differences between North and South

Cultural Differences

Description

The North was urban while the South was rural.  If you recall, urban means cities and rural means farmland. 

Most large cities were located in the North. 

New York City, 1856 by Charles Parsons 8              

The South was mostly small farms and plantations.

Scenes on a Southern Cotton Plantation, Harper’s Weekly Feb. 2, 1867 9

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