Unit 3 - TAKEAWAY Sheets - Activity 1-3: Activity 1: Regional Differences Between The North & South in The Mid-1800s
Unit 3 - TAKEAWAY Sheets - Activity 1-3: Activity 1: Regional Differences Between The North & South in The Mid-1800s
Unit 3 - TAKEAWAY Sheets - Activity 1-3: Activity 1: Regional Differences Between The North & South in The Mid-1800s
Activity 1: Regional Differences Between the North & South in the mid-1800s
• On the eve of the Civil War America was a deeply _____________________ nation.
• T/F - More Americans lost their lives in the Civil War than in any other conflict in the nation's
history.
• The ___________________________ was the dividing point between the North and South USA.
• The expanding factory system held great promise for many. Give 4.
• In the north, infrastructure could only be built with tax money raised largely through
____________.
• T/F -The Plantation and factory systems resembled each other in their attempt at mass
production.
CHA3UE UNIT 3
▪ The election of _________________________ as president was key point in the start of the
civil war
▪ T/ F - High tariffs protect products in the North from cheap foreign competition.
▪ T/F – Since before the Civil War, personal and corporate income taxes allowed for the
North to generate revenue.
• B. Political Factors
▪ T/F - In the early days of the United States, loyalty to one's state often was more important
than loyalty to one's country.
KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR
Geography The North consisted of the following The South consisted of the following states:
states: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Island, New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, Texas, Delaware
Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota
Views on The northern states wanted to keep the A large part of the relatively new USA (the
Union country _________________ and South) wanted to ___________________
maintain the ________________ _______________________
Economic The northern states, including their The southern states, including their societies
Character societies and economies were based on and economies, were based on _________
________________ and the growth of ______________ and _______________
____________________________.
▪ A key difference that existed between the North and the South was their attitude towards
________________
▪ The South were called " _____________________ " and bitterly resisted any attempt to rid the
nation of slavery.
▪ T/F – There were the exact same number of states in the North and the South.
▪ As America expanded west the federal government attempted to keep the peace by trying to
achieve a numerical balance between slave and free states within the Union. The _____________
__________________ was one such attempt.
▪ Familiarize yourself with the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and how it affected America. Use the
links in U2A2 content to help answer the following questions:
1. Identify four key components of the Missouri Compromise?
2. What signs were present that the Missouri Compromise could not provide a permanent
solution to the issue of balancing power between free and slave states?
3. What view would Canada likely adopt in relation to the Missouri Compromise?
▪ In 1820 the North and South came to a ___________________, about having a balance of
free states and slave states within the Union
▪ List the EIGHT events that escalated regional divisiveness in the decade preceding the Civil War
that further fueled the North-South split:
▪ T/F - The American Revolution had been fought largely to defend the idea that all men were
created equal.
▪ T/F - The invention of the cotton gin and slave labor made the cultivation of cotton profitable.
▪ The Fugitive Slave Act stipulated any slave who escaped to another state or into federal territory
would be ______________________________________________________________
▪ T/F – The Fugitive Slave act started the operation of the Underground Railroad.
▪ Who said "We are playing for a mighty stake. If we win, we carry slavery to the Pacific Ocean.”?
________________________________________
▪ T/F - Many southern states banned the sale of Uncle Tom's Cabin, arguing it was biased and
misrepresented the truth.
CHA3UE UNIT 3
▪ Who is the basis for the popular anti-slavery book by Harriet Beecher Stowe? _______________
▪ Who was Dred Scott and why was his case so important?
▪ T/F – Abraham Lincoln led the Republican Party and won much of the southern states.
▪ T/F - Lincoln's election was a mirror image of the deep sectional divisions that existed in the
USA.
▪ The states that seceded would later form the ____________________________ of America.