The purpose of this essay is to show what was happening in pre-Civil War time. To show the reasons for the war. To show the differences between the Northern, and Southern states.                  The antebellum period started with the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was brought to the United States by Samuel Slater from England in the late 18th century. He was a textile worker who actually founded the American cotton textile industry.                  This revolution was …showed first 75 words of 1567 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1567 total…this to encourage westward expansion of slavery, and expand the cotton farming by replacing worn out land. The North wanted high prices of land, and they discouraged westward migration. The next issue was the tariffs. The south wanted low tariffs, to protect manufactured goods against foreign goods. Tensions grew amogst the two and the war broke out in 1861. That is the end of the antebellum time, and we are moving on to the Civil War.