The North vs. the South

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The North vs. the South

• You already know this but..
• It is important that we make sure!

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North or South?
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North or South?
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North or South?
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North or South?
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North or South?
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Inventions

• How did inventions change the North?

• Farm People moved off farms to factories or to
  the west.
• Factories Less time to make things more
  production more money
• Travel Connected North and the West
• Telegraph Information could spread faster

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Railroads Connect North and West
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Notice the change think about the affect of
this on the economy and peoples life!
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1. North and the West became united

• Why were these changes important?

• North and West grew together and were moving
  forward together (South staying the same)
• Increased sectionalism!
• The economy grew rapidly!

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2. Urbanization and population growth

• Why were these changes important?

• Cities were everywhere!
• More power for the North and Midwest

Chicago had become a major city by 1860
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3. Immigration

• Factories increased the demand for workers
• Problems in Europe pushed immigrants to America
• Population and economy grew even more (power
  grew)!

• Why were these changes important?

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Problems

• What problems were created by these changes?

• Accidents, unfair working conditions, and child
  labor
• Nativists (preserve the country for the native
  born)
• Blamed immigrants for problems
• Started the Know-Nothing Party won 21in the
  1856 election based on closing U.S. borders.

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Know Nothing Flag
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African Americans

• Problems continued

• Faced discrimination
• Competition from immigrants
• Limited success William Whipper (lumber), Henry
  Boyd (carpenter), Henry Blair (lawyer), and Macon
  Allen (journalist and editor)
• Many gave money and provided evidence of their
  worth to the Abolitionist Movement

Wealthy Lumberyard owner, William Whipper devoted
much time and money to ending slavery
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How did life and the economy in the North create
more sectionalism?

• It made the North more _______________
  different
• Over time it made the North more ________________
• Industrial Revolution helped lead to
  _______________ (movements to fix problems)
• Population growth more _____________ in govt!

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What does it all mean?

• How did life and the economy in the North create
  more sectionalism?

• The North was more diverse different
• Made the North more tolerant
• Helped lead to reform movements (to fix problems)
• North and Midwest became one region!
• Population growth more power in government!
• North was advancing and progressing in all
  areas of life!

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North or South?

• The Answer is North this is a child who worked
  in a Northern Factory (no school of course)

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North or South?

• The Answer is North these are immigrants
  getting off a boat to America in the North they
  are here for the jobs

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North or South?

• The Answer is North this is a picture of a
  Northern factory town in the Industrial Revolution

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What do you see?
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Southern Economy

• What was the Southern economy like?

• Cotton gin brought back slavery.
• Plantations made up small amount of farms
• Brought in a most of the money
• Most southerners had small farms with few if any
  slaves.

The graph compares cotton to other exports you
can see they mirror each other. It must have
been pretty important for everyone
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Factories in the South?

• What industry existed in the South? Why?

• Small amounts to produce products for the farm.
• Why was their so little?
• Did not need them.
• Southerners wanted things from Europe.
• Environment was good for farming.

The Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond VA were at
the center of Southern industry. However, they
wouldnt be enough if the South was cut off from
the North and Europe
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How is this a problem?

• This shows the cotton exports

• This shows the value of slaves

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Problems?

• What were the problems with the southern economy
  (dependence)?

• Needed the North and Europe.
• For factories, goods, and banks.
• Led to resentment (bad feelings)!
• South only had cotton and slavery

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Southern Society

• Planters (sometimes known as the Cottonocracy)
  
• 3 of the people.
• Owned 20 or more slaves.
• Had all the power

• What was Southern Social Structure like?

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Southern Society

• Small Farmers
• 75 of southern whites.
• Might have one or two slaves.

• What was Southern Social Structure like?

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Southern Society

• Poor Whites
• Did not own land that they farmed.

• What was Southern Social Structure like?

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Southern Society

• Free African Americans
• 2 of the population
• Had no rights or protection

• What was Southern Social Structure like?

Norbert Rillieux invented a machine that refined
sugar
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Southern Society

• Enslaved African Americans
• One third of southern population by 1860.
• Worked 12 - 14 hours a day.
• Most in the field.
• Had to live by the Slave Codes kept slaves from
  running away, rebelling, or even educating
  themselves.
• No rights at all.

• What was Southern Social Structure like?

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Southern Society

• Enslaved African Americans continued

• Only protection was that slaves were needed to
  work.
• Families were broken up often on purpose.
• Often only hope was the religion that the masters
  let them worship.

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Results of Southern Society?

• What was the result of Southern Social Structure?

• Almost all whites supported slavery.
• Poor whites often the loudest supporters.
• Slavery was the basis of the most powerful
  peoples fortunes protected it with all that
  they could.

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Results of Southern Society

• Slave uprisings
• In 1832, Nat Turner led a violent revolt killing
  more than 57 whites.
• Led to the murder of innocent African Americans
  and a growing fear in the white community.

Results Continued
How do you know this is a Southern view of Nat
Turners revolt?
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North or South?

• The Answer is South these are slaves harvesting
  cotton on a Southern Plantation

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North or South?

• The Answer is South these are slaves carrying
  harvested tobacco on a Southern Plantation

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North or South?

• The Answer is South this is a plantation
  mansion (notice the surroundings!

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How do you know?