Read the article, The Pre-Civil War South: The South's Economy, and answer the following questions...
1. What negative impact did slavery have on the South's economy?
2. How did the South's urban centers compare to those of the North?
3. Why were southern cities smaller?
4. Why was transportation primitive in the South?
5. How did slave ownership change in the decade before the Civil War?
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1. The negative impact that slavery had was that the southern economy was not modernized and was based on shipping cotton to other areas in the south. While the North was exporting 90% of the goods. Slavery dragged down the South.
2. The urban cities compared to the North were very different. Major cities in the South had about 110,00 people while cities in the North had about 1.3 million in the largest city.
3. Southern cities were smaller because they were just based on producing cotton and shipping it to other parts of the States.
4. Transportation was primitive in the South because railroads were only made for short distances for cotton to be transfered to other neighboring states. The railroads and other forms of transportation were not like the North where they could stretch all over the United States.
5.In the decade before the civil war slavery took a steep decline because the soil in the south was exhausted due to over farming and less land. People had to sell their land the demand for cotton went up and so did the price. Fewer and fewer people owned slaves and they were on a big decline right before the war started.
1. A negative impact that slavery had on the Southern economy was that it slowed down the development of industry and cities. Also, it contributed to high debts, soil exhaustion, and a lack of technological innovation.
2. The South's urban centers did not develop their centers for commerce, finance, and industry on a level that the North had.
3. The reason why the southern cities were smaller was because they did not develop diverse economies unlike the north.
4. The South's transportation was just as primitive as it was in the North and they used railroads in the South to transport their cotton to ship North for production.
5. Slave ownership changed a decade before the Civil War by the ownership of the slaves became more and more concentrated in fewer and fewer hands.
1. The negative impact slavery had on the south's economy was that it slowed down the growth and development of industry, cities, contributed to soil exhaustion, higher debts, and lack of technological advancement.
2. The south did not create urban centers for any money as the north did.
3. Southern cities were smaller because they did not develop different types of economies. they were never really the cities that finished products or became involved with international trade.
4. Transportation was primitive in the south because most of its railroads cars were made to transport cotton more then anything else.
5. During the decade before the Civil War slave ownership started to diminish because the price to purchase slaves had increasingly gone up due to land for cotton growing had become scarce and expensive.
1. Slavery had a negative impact on the southern economy. It slowed down the development of cities and industries. It also caused many debts and soil exhaustion.
2. The south didn't develop urban centers, but the south did. The industry in the south was equal to the north though.
3. Southern cities were smaller because they lacked a diverse economy. The south barely ever became processing centers. The south basically just had farming.
4. Transportation was primitive in the south because there was 1,460 miles to travel across the land. So transportation was really important to the south.
5. Slave ownership changed because the soil wasn't very good. This caused the farmers to not have enough money for slaves or anything because prices were higher.
1. The negative impact was that it slowed down the development of cities and industry and had high debt, soil exhaustion, and lack of technological innovation.
2. The south compared to the north because they did not develop urban centers for commerce, finance, and industry.
3.Southern cities were smaller because of different economies. They went to the market and transported cotton or crops and supplied local planters and farmers with necessities such as agricultural implements.
4. Transportation was primitive in the south, because most southern railroads were used to transport cotton to southern ports, where the crops would be shipped. They traveled 1,460 miles overland from Baltimore to New Orleans in 1850. They also used railroads, stagecoaches, and steam boats.
5. Wealth was more stratified in the North because large slaveholders owned most of the region's slaves. In the south, the middle class had a small proportion of the relatively small proportion of property, why the wealthy owned big portions of the lands and slave labor. 17 percent of farming population was 2/3 of the acres in the rich cotton-growing regions of the south.
1)The negative impact slavery had on the South economy was that it slowed down the industry and cities and contributed to high debts, soil exhaustion, and lack of technological innovation.
2)South's urban centers compare to those in the North because they didn't develop urban centers for commerce.
3)South's had smaller cities because they failed to develop a diversified economy.
4)Transportation primitive in the South because they traveled on 5 different railroads, two stagecoaches, and two steamboats.
5)Slave ownership change in the decade before the Civil War by having slave ownership increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands.
1)The negative impact that slavery had on the South's economy was that the South societies did not develop urban centers for industry, finance, and commerce, which is not equal to those societies found in the North.
2)The South's urban centers compared to those of the North because the Southern cities very rarely became finishing centers, where the Southern ports almost never took part in international trade.
3)The Southern cities were smaller because they failed to develop diversified economies.
4)Transportation was primitive in the South when Southern railroads transported to Southern ports where the crop could be shipped to British or Northern factories for processing.
5)Slave ownership changed in the decade before the Civil War because as soil erosion diminished the availability of cotton land, the price of land and slaves began to grew.
1. Slavery had a negative impact on the south's economy because it slowed down the development of industries and cities had high debts. They also had a lack of technology innovation.
2. The south's urban centers compared to the north's was bad because the south did not have a urban center of commerce.
3. The southern states were small because they failed to develop diversified economies. The cities rarely became processing centers and the ports did not do international trade to often.
4. Transportation was primitive in the south because it took 5 different railroads, 2 stagecoaches and 2 steamboats to travel 1,460 miles from Baltimore to New Orleans.
5. Slave ownership changed in the decade before the civil war because the heavy demand for land and slave raised out of reach for most of the wealthy men in the south.
1. The negative impact slavery had on the South's economy was it did not allow the development of industry and cities to grow.
2. The South's urban centers compared to those of the North because centers of the South did not develop places of commerce, finance, and industry.
3. The southern cities were smaller because they failed to develop a diversified economies. The centers of the North engaged in many processing or finishing centers where the South barely engaged in the international trade. The South's basic trading was of cotton and agriculture to the North and other local towns.
4. Transportation is primitive in the South because transportation in the South lagged far behind the North. They did not have as many workers in factories as in the North because they focused mostly on agriculture and slaves.
5. Slave ownership in the decade changed before the civil war became increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Soil erosion and land decreased and so did the slaves on the farms because of low production.
1.Slavery had a negative impact on the Souths economy by it didn't allow the development of industry and cities and it raised debt, soil exhaustion, and lack of technology innovation.
2.The South's urban centers compared to those of the Norths by the South and the North both did not develop these urban centers for commerce, finance, and industry.
3.Southern cities were smaller because they did not develop diversified economies and their ports rarely contributed to international trade.
4.Transportation was primitive in the south because the railroads were to transport cotton to southern ports where the crops could be shipped to northern or British factories for processing.
5.Slave ownership changed in the decade before the civil war because the soil was becoming eroded and worn down which decreased the amount of land for cotton growth,causing the price of land and slaves to go up to higher prices then most could afford.
1. the negative impacts slavery had on the southern economy are it slowed down the process of urbanisation, made high debts, made the soil bad, and stopped the innovation of new inventions.
2. the souths urban centers were not developed for commerce like the north. the southern urban centers were also much smaller compared to the north.
3. southern cities were smaller than northern cities because there economy was only based on one thing, agriculture.
4. transportation was primitive in the south because they had to go through so much to transport there goods.
5. slave ownership changed in the decade before the civil war because less of the average farmers owned slaves and they were moving into more urban areas.
1.) Slavery slowed down the development of industry and cities. This contributed to soil exhaustion,high debts, and lack of technological innovation.
2.)The south did not create urban centers, finance, and industry on equal scale to the north.
3.) Southern cities were small because they did not have diverse economies. They rarely traded with other countries. Their main focus was cotton.
4.)Most of their transportation was used to transport cotton. This would be shipped to Britain to be processed.
5.)Soil eroded and cotton land was less available. More families were losing land so they didn't need slaves.
1.The Native impact had on slavery in south's economy is down the cities and development of industry. This contributes to debts, soil exhaustion and lack of technology innovation.
2. The South, like other slave societies, didn't develop urban centers for commerce and industry like the ones just like in the North.
3. They were small because they failed to have diversified economies unlike the North.
4. Transportation was commited in the North because of urban stanadards.
5. Soil made the cotton land bad, it eroded it an made it worst, families were loosing land an money
1. The negative impact the slavery had on the South's economy is that it slowed down the cites and the industries in them. This contributed to debts, soil exhaustion, and lack on technology innovation.
2. The South's urban centers compared to the ones in the North did not develop urban centers for commence, fiance, and industry.
3. The southern cities were smaller because they failed to develop diversified economies.
4. The transportation was primitive in the South because of the northern standards.
5. Slave ownership changed in the decade before the Civil War became increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Also, the owners were losing money.
1. The negative impact that slavery had on the southern economy was that it impeded the development of industry and cities and contributed to high debts, soil exhaustion, and a lack of technological innovation.
2. The South's urban center was different from the North's in that the South, like other slave societies, did not develop urban centers for commerce, finance, and industry on a scale equal to those found in the North.
3. Southern cities were smaller because they failed to develop diversified economies.
4. Transportation was primitive in the South to the North because most southern railroads served primarily to transport cotton to southern ports, where the crop could be shipped on northern vessels to northern or British factories for processing.
5. In the decade before the Civil War slave ownership became increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands.
Ans1: Slavery had many negative impact on the south's economy :-
1) It impeded the development of industry and cities and contributed to high debts, soil exhaustion, and a lack of technological innovation.
2) The South, like other slave societies, did not develop urban centers for commerce, finance, and industry on a scale equal to those found in the North.
Ans2: The south's urban compared compared themselves to the north by population and development like :-
The South, like other slave societies, did not develop urban centers for commerce, finance, and industry on a scale equal to those found in the North. Virginia’s largest city, Richmond, had a population of just 15,274 in 1850. That same year, Wilmington, North Carolina ’s largest city, had only 7,264 inhabitants, while Natchez and Vicksburg, the two largest cities in Mississippi, had fewer than 3,000 white inhabitants.
Ans3: Southern cities were small because they failed to develop diversified economies. Unlike the cities of the North, southern cities rarely became processing or finishing centers and southern ports rarely engaged in international trade. Their primary functions were to market and transport cotton or other agricultural crops, supply local planters and farmers with such necessities as agricultural implements, and produce the small number of manufactured goods, such as cotton gins, needed by farmers.
Ans4: The South’s transportation network was primitive by northern standards. Traveling the 1,460 overland miles from Baltimore to New Orleans in 1850 meant riding five different railroads, two stagecoaches, and two steamboats. Most southern railroads served primarily to transport cotton to southern ports, where the crop could be shipped on northern vessels to northern or British factories for processing.
Ans5: large slaveholders owned most of the region’s slaves, wealth was more stratified than in the North. In the Deep South, the middle class held a relatively small proportion of the region’s property, while wealthy planters owned a very significant portion of the productive lands and slave labor.
during the last decade before the Civil War slave ownership became increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. As soil erosion and exhaustion diminished the availability of cotton land, scarcity and heavy demand forced the price of land and slaves to rise beyond the reach of most, and in newer cotton-growing regions, yeomen farmers were pushed off the land as planters expanded their holdings.
As slave and land ownership grew more concentrated, a growing number of whites were forced by economic pressure to leave the land and move to urban centers.
1. It slowed down the development of industry and made the south have high debts, soil exhaustion, and a lack of technological innovation.
2. The South did not develop urban centers for commerce, finance, and industry even close to as big as those found in the North.
3. Southern cities were small because they did not develop various economies. Southern cities rarely finished centers and southern ports were not usually a part of international trade.
4. The southerner's transportation system was not up to date compared to the northern standards.
5.During the last decade before the Civil War slave ownership became more and more scarce.
Ans1: Slavery had many negative impact on the south's economy :-
1) It impeded the development of industry and cities and contributed to high debts, soil exhaustion, and a lack of technological innovation.
2) The South, like other slave societies, did not develop urban centers for commerce, finance, and industry on a scale equal to those found in the North.
Ans2: The south's urban compared compared themselves to the north by population and development like :-
The South, like other slave societies, did not develop urban centers for commerce, finance, and industry on a scale equal to those found in the North. Virginia’s largest city, Richmond, had a population of just 15,274 in 1850. That same year, Wilmington, North Carolina ’s largest city, had only 7,264 inhabitants, while Natchez and Vicksburg, the two largest cities in Mississippi, had fewer than 3,000 white inhabitants.
Ans3: Southern cities were small because they failed to develop diversified economies. Unlike the cities of the North, southern cities rarely became processing or finishing centers and southern ports rarely engaged in international trade. Their primary functions were to market and transport cotton or other agricultural crops, supply local planters and farmers with such necessities as agricultural implements, and produce the small number of manufactured goods, such as cotton gins, needed by farmers.
Ans4: The South’s transportation network was primitive by northern standards. Traveling the 1,460 overland miles from Baltimore to New Orleans in 1850 meant riding five different railroads, two stagecoaches, and two steamboats. Most southern railroads served primarily to transport cotton to southern ports, where the crop could be shipped on northern vessels to northern or British factories for processing.
Ans5: large slaveholders owned most of the region’s slaves, wealth was more stratified than in the North. In the Deep South, the middle class held a relatively small proportion of the region’s property, while wealthy planters owned a very significant portion of the productive lands and slave labor.
during the last decade before the Civil War slave ownership became increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. As soil erosion and exhaustion diminished the availability of cotton land, scarcity and heavy demand forced the price of land and slaves to rise beyond the reach of most, and in newer cotton-growing regions, yeomen farmers were pushed off the land as planters expanded their holdings.
As slave and land ownership grew more concentrated, a growing number of whites were forced by economic pressure to leave the land and move to urban centers.
1. The negative impact slavery had on the Southern economy was it impeded the development of industry and the cities contributed to high debts, soil exhaustion, and it lacked technological innovation.
2. The south's urban centers compared those of the North's by they did not develop urban centers like those in the North. But they had commerce, finance, and industry equal to those in the north.
3.Southern cities were smaller because they failed to develop diversified economies.
4.Transportation was primitive in the south because they had to use it to transport cotton or other crops. Also to supply local farmers with the things they need to be successful. their transportation was also important to the north.
5. Slave ownership changed in the decade before the civil war because crops had a surplus. This caused a rise or more slaves needed to run the field.
1.) The negative impact that slavery had on the the south was that, it slowed down production of crops. Also slowed down the growth of towns and cities.
2.) In the south most of the population was black and in the in the North there were still not many whites. I think that some people in the north wanted slavery so they moved to the south.
3.) The south was so small because they never really finished what they started.
4.)Transportation in the south was small because they they had to cross and bunch of different roads.
5.) Many people had a lot of slaves before that Civil War. After that Civil War they were free.
1. The south experienced slow development, low industrialization, small undiverse cities and soil exhaustion.
2. By comparison to northern cities south's were small, undeveloped, lacked economic diversity and international trade.
3. The south's cities were smaller because they focused on the cotton trade and not diversifying trading. They also had little to no finishing centers or international trade.
4. The south's transportation infrastructure was primitive by northern standers because most of there main arteries (like railroads) focused on transporting cotton form plantations to ports.
5. Slave ownership change in the decade before the Civil War because it became harder and harder to afford running plantations. This was caused by soil erosion, soil exhaustion, the price of land, and the price of slaves.
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