5.5.spi.1 interpret sectional differences in the North and South in pre-Civil War (i.e., a map of Union, Confederate, and border-states, pictorial representations of crop production, reading timelines, and interpreting bar graphs showing human, natural, and manmade resources).

America before the Civil War.

Harriet Tubman  Why would someone risk her life over and over again?  Tubman knew what slavery was like, and she wanted to help others to reach freedom.

Abraham Lincoln  Lincoln’s election angered southern states so much that they broke away from the union.  Yet no President had ever worked as hard to keep the nation together.

Booker T. Washington  This teacher helped former slaves gain new skills. At his Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, students of all ages learned to make and grow the things they needed.

 Fold your paper hot dog style.  Now take your scissors and cut 8 sections on one side of the hotdog. (approximately 1 ¼ inches per strip)  It should look like the picture to the right.

 The war between North (Union) and South (Confederacy)  The idea that states, not the federal gov’t, should make decisions.  Civil War  States’ Rights

 Someone who joined the movement to abolish or end slavery.  A person who is running away.  Abolitionist  Fugitive  Secession  When part of the country leaves or breaks off from the rest

Brain POP Andrew Jackson

Brain POP Causes of the American Revolution

Brain POP ~ Slavery

Cotton Cotton Gin Mill slavery agriculture cash crop The South

NORTH? SOUTH? OR