What did many northern people believe about the south? that its economic focus should become industrial rather than agricultural that manifest destiny did not apply that it should close southern ports to midwestern shippers that it should be allowed to become an independent country

The South was divided into regions called the old South and lower South. The old South was the land of rice, indigo and cotton. The lower South on the other hand was the land of cotton and sugar. This means that the South was developed. Because of its production power and trade potential, many northern people believed about the South that it should be allowed to become an independent country.