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As the 19th century progressed, the cultural differences between north and south grew more profound. The north became less agricultural , and more industrial. Great immigrations came into the country due to wars and other conditions in Europe. Most of these immigrants flooded into the northern states raising northern population levels more significantly than southern ones. The north became more urban, and less and less like the south. As time passed, the attitudes of people in the two regions diverged more and more. You could say that the two regions developed different mindsets. (Or at least more different than they had had originally).
Excellent post, you crystallize the issues very well. I would say the mindsets had always been very different, it’s just the issues that divided over the things that united started coming more and more into the forefront as the 19th century progressed.
Heck, I could say we blame the war on the pilgrims and the cavaliers. The cultural differences between north and south had always been there. Certainly the cultures both changed over time too. This may be too general of a statement but they almost seemed to have passed each other in the night at some point in time. The Pilgrims started out very religious and today their offspring in New England tend to be thought of today, in general, as not quite as religious as southerners and commercially minded. The Cavaliers started out as a commercial enterprise without any real religious intent. Today the holy rollers are generally considered more at home in the south, than the NE.
There may be a book or at least an article for some historian to work on.