Discussion

 Imagine that you have been sent by Starfleet Command or by your boss (whichever you prefer to report to) to observe a country in the middle of profound change.  In the North of the United States, industrialization had a good start and the economy was booming.  In the South of the United States, agricultural industry was based on slave labor.  How did these two parts of the country each function and how did they get along before the Civil War?  Why did they end up going to war?