Question

How was the United States- politically, economically, and socially- in the North and South BEFORE the Civil War?

Answer 1

Economic, social and political structures differed significantly between the two regions, and these disparities only widened in the 1800s. In 1861, the Civil War erupted between the two sides, and much of the conflict surrounded sectional differences. Once the war ended, reconstruction lessened some sectional disparities but increased others.