North+and+South+IJ

__Similarities-__ 1)Both the North and the South had very strong views about slavery and the election of 1860

__Differences-__ 1) The North believed that everyone should be free and that slavery should be abolished whereas the South believed that there was nothing wrong with having slaves. 2) The North was becoming more industrialized and developing more factory work. The South continued to grow alot of crops especially cotton and used slaves to do all of the work. 3) The North believed that everyone in the United States should have religious freedom, while the South still followed most of Britians rules. The South was developed so that the British could have a new trade market. 4) The South was not happy with the Kansas-Nebraska Act while the North supported it. The South thought that each new territory should get to decided whether it wanted to be a free state or a slave state. 5) The South believed that African Americans were not citizens of the US even if they were free. This impacted the Dred Scott Decision The North thought that once a slave went to a free state they were considered free.