How did the economies of the north and the south lead to different views on the economic policies of the U.S.?

The economic differences between the North and South contributed to the rise of regional populations with contrasting values and visions for the future.
The Civil War that raged across the nation from 1861 to 1865 was the violent conclusion to decades of diversification. Gradually, throughout the beginning of the nineteenth century, the North and South followed different paths, developing into two distinct and very different regions.