Discuss the ways in which the northern and southern economies and social customs differed in the decade prior to the civil war. why are they characterized as having “two distinct societies”?

The economies of the "southern and northern" were different a decade before the civil war began

Explanation:

The northern economy got influenced highly through industrialization. The northern cities concentrated on the "production of manufactured goods". This occurred because of the new organization as well as the technological advancement that happened in the "nineteenth  century".

The southern economy was influenced profoundly by cash crops and cotton. During this period, cotton was the hotbed of invention, and it increased the plantation profit. Because of this, the southern economy did not have transport networks, and it was complicated than that of the north.

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one of the most negatives aspects of the new deal was that it upset the balanced federal budget and led to a huge deficit for the nation while at the same time failed to end increasing unemployment. roosevelt's program, based on keynesian theories of economics, called for massive government spending to stimulate the economy. as he   failed to do this with large tax increases; large sums of money were borrowed to fund new deal programs. when the economy showed some improvement, roosevelt was concerned about inflation, and ordered cuts in government spending. unfortunately, he did so at a time when the new social security tax had cut people's disposable income. businesses were too afraid of spending, and the economy in 1937 was in worse shape than in 1929. at the end of that year, two million people were unemployed.

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