Contrasting Economies

-North and South economies were fundamentally different, which created a further split in the minds of the people

North

-labor was expensive
-influx of migrant workers kept the labor market competitive, while keeping wages steady

South

-labor was cheap and mobile
-labor gained from oppression of slaves into cheap labor
-import orientated, manufactured goods from the North, food goods from the West Indies, clothes and furniture from England

Prior Events