Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West I. The West II. Vignettes III. The East IV. Vignettes V. Summary Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West 8 Questions When a person commented to a Western frontiersman that it looked like he got the worst of a fight he was in, the frontiersman produced evidence that he had defeated his opponent. Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West I. The West II. Vignettes III. The East IV. Vignettes V. Summary Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states form the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Frederick Jackson Turner’s “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” (1893) Turner’s main premises regarding the impact of American frontier on society and politics: It made the United States more equitable It made the US more individualistic, independent It gave the US an economic “safety valve”

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Turner’s main premises regarding the impact of American frontier on society and politics: It made the United States more equitable

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Turner’s main premises regarding the impact of American frontier on society and politics: 2. It made the US more individualistic, independent

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Turner’s main premises regarding the impact of American frontier on society and politics: 3. It gave the US an economic “safety valve”

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West I. The West II. Vignettes III. The East IV. Vignettes V. Summary Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West 8 Questions When a person commented to a Western frontiersman that it looked like he got the worst of a fight he was in, the frontiersman produced evidence that he had defeated his opponent. Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West I. The West II. Vignettes III. The East IV. Vignettes V. Summary Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Hannah Borden, a Fall River, Massachusetts, textile worker, daily schedule: was required to have her loom running at 5 A.M. was given an hour for breakfast and half an hour for lunch. workday ended at 7:30 P.M., 14.5 hours after her workday had begun. 6-day work week, she received between $2.50 and $3.50. Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West I. The West II. Vignettes III. The East IV. Vignettes V. Summary Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West I. The West II. Vignettes III. The East IV. Vignettes V. Summary Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states from the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?

Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West I. The West II. Vignettes III. The East IV. Vignettes V. Summary Big Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends in the Northern states form the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?