Question

Which describes a significant difference between the North and the South in the years leading up to the Civil War?

Answer 1

A. The North did not allow slavery, while the South depended on it.

Answer 2

Answer: A. The North did not allow slavery, while the South depended on it.

Explanation:

While the northern economy depended mostly on manufacturing,  the rural southern economy relied on the production of cotton.

Southern colonies´ farm economy could not be sustained without slaves. However, in the northern colonies, the cold weather and infertile soil could not maintain a farm economy, so they came to depend on manufacturing and trade.  The clash between these two models led to the war.