How did the differences between the northern and southern economies lead to the development of two distinct cultural regions

As America found its footing as a new nation, the Northern and Southern economies continued to grow further apart.

The North, with its limited farmland, continued to have small family farms but moved to an economic focus of urban industrial efforts.

The South, instead, focused on large scale farming with slaves as workers.

As time progressed, the South needed slaves even more to make margins work with cotton and tobacco while the North continued to grow its industrial base. This led to two different societies with different values, schedules, and experiences in the same country.