How did the North and South differ on their ideas?
What is the difference between these two pictures?
Sectionalism North, South, and the West cared more about the needs and interests of their part of the country than what was good for the entire nation. Loyalty to the state rather than the country
Activity In your groups, walk around to each station to see the differences between the North and South. Chart your answers out in the appropriate boxes below. (Stations may have the answer to more than one box)
Economy
Northern Economy vs. Southern Economy New technologies of the Industrial Revolution found its way to America. Factories developed in the north because of its supplies of iron, coal, and rivers. By 1860, about 70% of manufacturing (production) was in the North. Many roads and railroads are built. Many immigrants settled in the north because of the economic opportunities. Agriculture (farming) was the foundation of the South’s economy. Economy depended on the cotton crop grown by slave labor. Tobacco, rice, and sugarcane were also important cash crops When more people began to demand cotton plantation owners began to buy more slaves.
North - Industrialization Developing businesses in a country, usually through manufacturing Railroads 1830’s railroads developed quickly Moves people, goods, and resources Factories Workers produce goods on a larger scale Brings workers and machines together in one place
South - Agriculture Farming Produced cotton Slave labor
Social
Society in the North Immigrants Free blacks Abolitionists People who wanted to get rid of slavery
South- Society Plantation owners wealthy Slaves property
Political
Ideas on Slavery North vs. South Pro (for) Slavery Slaves Property Worked long hours on plantations Punishments Whippings, beatings, Against slavery Abolitionists Spoke out against slavery Slavery was against the law and sinful
How did Government try to prevent slavery from spreading? Free State/Slave State Constitution said each state would decide if slavery was OK or not Congress could create laws about slavery Slave State- state that allowed slavery Free State- state where slavery was forbidden 1818- There were 11 free and 11 slave states
Missouri Compromise Missouri applied for admission as a slave state Senate wanted to change the rules so that any new state had to be free Maine requested statehood as free state Henry Clay- Compromise Missouri enter as a slave state Maine enter as a free state
Compromise of 1850 California added to the union as a free state Utah and New Mexico could decide if they would allow slavery popular sovereignty Territories can decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery New law- to help slave owners recapture slaves “Fugitive Slave Law”