It merged the ideas of multiple delegates’ plans. Which statement about the northern states in the 1780s is accurate? They generally had less enslaved labor than the southern states.

The primary way that farms in the south differed from those in the north is because the farms of the south raised cash crops using a plantation system. Further Explanation: In colonial America (1600-1775), slave labor was used throughout the 13 American colonies.

The Constitutional Convention’s Major Debates. How the Confederation Articles failed and delegates came together to create a new constitution. The primary topics were about Congressional representation, the president’s authority, how to elect the president (Electoral College), the slave trade, and a bill of rights.

Southern states exported goods and raw materials and feared that the Northern states would take unfair advantage. The South finally agreed not to require two-thirds passage in both houses to regulate commerce. The North agreed that the slave trade could continue until 1808.

The compromise between them became known as the three-fifth compromise. So, slavery was not a main difference between states of north and south.

The North wanted the new states to be “free states.” Most northerners thought that slavery was wrong and many northern states had outlawed slavery. The South, however, wanted the new states to be “slave states.” Cotton, rice, and tobacco were very hard on the southern soil.

The most difficult task confronting many Southerners during Reconstruction was devising a new system of labor to replace the shattered world of slavery. The economic lives of planters, former slaves, and nonslaveholding whites, were transformed after the Civil War.

One important issue was the right to vote, and the rights of black American men and former Confederate men to vote were hotly debated. The Travails of Reconstruction The aftermath of any war is difficult for the survivors. Those difficulties are usually even worse after a civil war.