1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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”

8. Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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”

12. 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?

13. 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?

14. Yeomen and Yankees: The Antebellum East and West

15. 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?

16. 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?

17. 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?

18. 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?

19. 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?

20. 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?

21. 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?

22. 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?

23. 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?

24. 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?