Where did the people in the North work and live?

In the years leading up to the American Civil War and during the war itself, the eastern United States was generally divided into two regions.  These regions were the North and the South.  The North had big cities, industrialism, and a larger population.  The South was rural with smaller cities and less people.  Agriculture was the foundation of the South's economy.

In the North, there were many factories.  In the South, there were very few.  Manufacturing was important to the economy in the North.  Textile factories were common, but there were also manufacturers who produced leather, wagons, weapons, and other items.  Some towns and cities were centered around factories.

Many people lived in cities in the North.  Often, poorer people lived in crowded tenement buildings.  There were farmers in the rural North, but not as many as in the South.  Other people lived in small or large towns near large cities.  Some resided in rural towns.