The north's economy was based predominantly on manufacturing,shipping, and other factory businesses.
In the south, however, most of the economy was agricultural, requiring many farmworkers.
More Americans were now able to move to the suburbs.
Population growth after World War II was a cause of expansion of cities into suburbs. The prices of homes in suburbs were more affordable to middle class families, due to lower land prices and new building practices like tract housing. With the growth of the suburbs, improvement of roadways became a priority. The Federal-Aid Highway Act passed in 1956 advanced and enabled further growth of the suburbs surrounding city centers.
Common Romans were better off in the Empire becuse they had more rights then they did in the rebublic.
Mehmet II nicknamed the Conqueror, who in 1453 seized Costantinople, putting to an end the Byzantine Empire.
Michigan William Hull would be my answer. :)
