1. A Nation Divided: Differences between northern and southern states

2. Top  Blue = North
The economy in the northern part of the United States was industrialized.
Industrialized = economy based on factories and businesses.

3. Bottom  Grey = South The South’s economy was agricultural
and relied on slave labor.
Agricultural = economy based on farming

4. Top  Blue = North
Northern states wanted the new states created out of the western frontier (territory) to be “free states.”
Free state = state where slavery was illegal

5. Bottom  Grey = South
The Southern states wanted the new states added from the territories to be “slave states.”
Slave state = state where slavery was legal

6. Top  Blue = North
Northern states wanted a strong central government, where the Congress in Washington, DC had more power in making laws than the states.

7. Bottom  Grey = South
The Southern states wanted a weaker central government, so that the states could have more power and the states’ rights to make their own laws without Washington, DC telling them what to do.