The economies were a reason for the civil war because of Eli Whitney. He made the cotton gin making the south economy dependant on slaves. So they just wanted more and more. The north didnt like that and thats one of the reasons for the civil war. They also fought on taxes and what to set them too and wanted to make slaves cost more so they would be bought less thus ending slavery and the south didnt like that so thats why they also fought.
This is the Cotton Gin made by Eli Whitney. This little machine was a big cause of the civil war. Thats pretty amazing.
One important person was Eli Whitney. He was the creator of the Cottin Gin. Heres a little bit about his life. He was born in Westboro Massachussetts in 1765. He attended college and graduated in 1792. He then met a lady named Catherine Miller, he also didnt know what to do for a job. She realised he was great at making things. She told him she needed something to make cotton faster. So thats what he did he made a machine that would do that. it was then called the cotton gin. People then started to copy his creation and therefore he did not make very much money off of it. He then revolutionized the manufactuaring process of guns. At the time they were made one by one. He then invented the assembly line and had people make things in certain parts make it very more efficent.
The Souths economy started to crash without slaves. And during the civil war. Their national bank was in New York (North), and so they had no gold or silver. So they produced a ton of paper money and there for there was big inflation. Even though people didnt trust paper money unless backed by gold. With everyone fighting much of the plantation fields were left idle and so theye were bringing in as much money and so they were slwoly running out of money.
The north was different however. The north had almost twice the population of the south but they had a much better economy. They had all the banks so their paper money was backed by gold and silver. Therefore, thats why their economy was much better.