1. EQ: What issues lead to the division between the North and the South?
STANDARD SSE2a

2. VOCBULARY –USE YOUR GLOSSARY TO DEFINE THESE WORDS IN THE PPT
Naval stores territory
Interdependent emancipate
Sectionalism secede
Tariff
Sovereign
States’ rights
Secession
Nullification

3. Growing Regional Differences between the North v/s South
GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES
ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES
SOCIAL DIFFERENCES

4. GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES
NORTH
SOUTH
Rocky soil
Swift rivers and waterfalls to power its mills and factories
Natural harbors for foreign trade
Warmer climate and fertile topsoil, agriculture
Tobacco, corn , rice, indigo, & naval stores
Invention of the cotton gin, cotton became “KING”

5. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
NORTH
SOUTH
Industry based
Growth of cities
Depended on one another for food, clothing , and shelter ???????
People expected more services from the government like fire and police protection
Agricultural (agrarian) economy
Mostly farmers(rural)
Depended on themselves for their food, clothing, and shelter (farming, hunting,
and fishing)
People did not expect as many services from the government

6. Political Issues Split the North and South
TARIFFS (186)
STATES RIGHTS (187)
SECESSION (188)
DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST (188)
WESTWARD EXPANSION (192)

7. The Issue of Tariffs What is a tariff?
NORTH
SOUTH
They were for a protective tariff b/c they wanted the South to buy from them! What is a tariff? Name 1 item that the North put a tariff on.
Against protective tariff because South did not have many industries and they depended greatly on imported goods from countries like Britain

8. STATES’ RIGHTS NORTH SOUTH Less support for states’ rights
Opposed nullification and argued that states did NOT have the power to decide whether or not they would enforce a U.S. law
Supported states’ rights
For Nullification: South argued states should not have to follow a U.S. law if it was not in the best interest of their state-they could declare the law NULL and VOID

9. Northerners argued that secession was ILLEGAL
Seccession
North
South
Northerners argued that secession was ILLEGAL
Southerners argued that a state COULD voluntarily leave, or secede if it needed to protect its rights

10. Development of the West
North
South
U.S. should sell land to bring in revenue $$$$ to the U.S. government
Afraid if land was too cheap, Northern factory owners would lose workers
U.S. should sell land cheaply so it could quickly be used for agriculture which would include slaves

11. Westward Expansion of Slavery
North
South
Against slavery because it was industry based and didn’t depend on slaves as much as the South
Slavery should not be allowed in the new western areas being added to the U.S.
For slavery; plantation system based on slave labor
Slavery should be allowed in new western territories being added to the U.S.