1. How was life different in the North and South
How was life different in the North and South? How were the economies different?

2. Key Vocabulary
Economy
Agricultural
Industrial
Labor

3. What do you think happens in this building
What do you think happens in this building? How does it relate to the economy?

4. What kind of labor are these people doing
What kind of labor are these people doing? What might their lives be like?

5. What do you think happens in this building
What do you think happens in this building? How does it relate to the economy?

6. What kind of labor are these people doing
What kind of labor are these people doing? What might their lives be like?

7. Explain what you know about differences between the North and South before the Civil War using these words:
Economy
Agricultural
Industrial
Slave labor

8. . A cutter at work. Library of Congress: American Memory.
       
. A cutter at work. Library of Congress: American Memory.
. Cotton field and plantation house. Macon County, Georgia. Library of Congress: American Memory.
. The building which houses Garden State Cutting Company. Their space extends north from the corner visible here (north is toward the left of the frame, following the axis of the building toward 20th Avenue, which is not visible here). Library of Congress: American Memory.
. Young cotton picker, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Schools for colored children do not open until January 1st so as not to interfere with cotton picking. Library of Congress: American Memory.