US History
Ongoing debate since prior to the founding of the United States. Debated, but not addressed, in the Declaration of Independence.
North Small Farms Many Large Cities Factories & Business Labor reliant on new immigrants South Large Plantations Few Large Cities Agriculture Labor reliant on slavery
As the United States Expanded, BALANCE of Slave and Free States became a concern. The South wanted new states to be SLAVE STATES, the North wanted new states to be FREE STATES. Why did they want to keep a balance of FREE and SLAVE states?
More people were beginning to become VOCAL about their opposition to slavery. John Brown, although viewed in different ways, kick started the Abolitionist movement. Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, and other social leaders were beginning to grow frustrated with the South’s “peculiar institution” of slavery.
Robert E. Lee was the leader of the Confederate Army. He was highly revered by the South and highly respected by the North. Ulysses S. Grant was the eventual leader of the Union Army, but only after a string of unsuccessful generals.
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin made slavery even more important for the South. Made cotton a lucrative crop, but slave labor was needed to harvest. The Railroad & the Telegraph made transportation and communication key – especially for the Northern victory.
Elected in Self-taught lawyer Strong opinions, high ideals Preservation of the Union his main goal. Freeing the Slaves was his ideal. A master politician – he knew how to work with opposing opinions, how to compromise, and how to placate people He assembled a “Team of Rivals” – he gathered people who were his political enemies to start preserving the Union.
Slavery North & South Cultural and Economic Differences The balance of Free and Slave States in Westward Expansion The Growing American Conscience, Abolitionists. The Military Leaders: Grant & Lee The role of Innovation and Invention in US History Abraham Lincoln’s historic presidency