REGIONAL ECONOMIES

REGIONAL ECONOMIES

• The North and South had different forms of economies.
• Some things they differed on were slavery, farming, and products.

NORTH

FACTORIES

• The Northerners used lots of factories.
• In these factories, they mass produced goods such as textiles.
• They used their products to use and sell to others.

TEXTILES

• As the factories became more popular.
• Textiles became one of their biggest products.
• The factories and their machines allowed us to mass produce textiles making them
• easy to sell.

SLAVES

• With the use of factories, less slaves were needed.
• Northern people worked toward the abolition of slavery.
• They accomplished this in the North and slaves wee outlawed.

FARMERS

• Although factories were main economy source, farms were still used.
• Farms mainly provided the owners with supplies and food.
• Didn't use lots of cash crops.

SOUTH

PLANTATIONS

• Plantations were still huge in the South.
• Owners required tons of slaves and workers.
• Grew lots of cash crops.

COTTON

• After the cotton gin was invented, it became extremely popular.
• Maeve more slaves come to work.

SLAVERY

• Because of demand for cotton, use of slaves grew.
• As the cotton gin was invented, cotton became extremely popular.
• As demand for cotton rose, more slaves were needed.
• Slave demands grew and tons were brought over from Africa.
• Unlike th North, they increased in numbers.

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THE AMERICAN PLAN

THE AMERICAN PLAN

• The American plan was created to unite the economies of the North and
• South, and allow them to benefit off of each other.
• Thanks to this plan, the North and South were able to work together and prosper
• as one nation.

REGIONAL ECONOMIES