Are the North and the South during the civil war era different civilizations?

Answer 1

Once again, the ill-informed and poorly-educated masses speak.....jeez, it never stops.

To answer your question, I would say in many ways no, and in many ways yes. The reasons for the "no" answer are obvious, so I'll elaborate on the "yes."

The main culture of the Southern states was rural and agricultural. The average citizen of the South was a farmer or a merchant, and the majority of the farmers were farming to survive, not for profit. In the North, most of the states were more populated and industrialized, with most of the citizens being merchants and workers. The Southern people were spread out in rural areas, while much of the Northern population was centralized around the cities. Education was more prevalent in the North than in the South, with the majority of the big colleges and institutes of higher learning being located in the North.

Values and morals were vastly different, and were directly influenced by the development of the different cultures. As a general rule, religion was more influential in the South's everyday affairs than it was in the North.

The common mistake that is promulgated about the South nowadays is that the South was the only area of the nation at that point in time that thought the black man inferior to the white man, and that slavery existed only in the South. The historically accurate truth is that, at one time, slavery existed in every state in the Union, and only died out in the Northern states because as the states became more industrialized, the need for slave labor died out. At the time of the War Between the States, only one Northern state had actually outlawed slavery; it was legal in all the rest but was not practiced. White people nationwide - including the much-admired (but not by me) Abraham Lincoln - thought that the black man was inferior both physically and mentally to the white man. Lincoln went so far as to say in one of his debates in the 1850s that he thought that the black man would "never" be the equal of the white man. Time has proven him and everyone else who ever thought this to be wrong.

For these reasons and more, I think that yes, the North and the South were two different civilizations during the 1860s.

Answer 2

The North was the "United States of America" The south considered itself a different country "The Confederate States of America". Why? The north wanted to abolish slavery, the south argued they would never do it. That was honestly the real reason for the fighting, the independence mentioned was an excuse. The issues of slavery were the only reason the US split.

Answer 3

The North was the "United States of America" The south considered itself a different country "The COnfederate States of America"

BUt, the north did not recognize the South's indepdendence. THat's what they were fighting about!!

THe North considered that they were putting down a "rebellion."

Answer 4

No.

Same language, same history, same ethnicity, same religion, etc etc etc...

The West and China are different civilizations. The North and South of the USA are just siblings having a nasty argument, in civilizational terms.