The main difference between the societies of the North and the South during the Civil War was about their vision of slavery.
The North was characterized by its abolitionist and integrating stance towards African-American slaves, because its economic organization and industrial development allowed it to produce more without having to maintain slaves, which were very expensive. These people, for the most part, supported the Republican Party.
The South, on the other hand, favored the development of a slave system of agricultural production. As there were no large manufacturing companies in this territory, agricultural production was their main source of income. In this way, the great Southern landowners needed slavery to be able to produce on a large scale. The inhabitants of the South, for the most part, supported the Democratic Party.
