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    Antebelllum Map Activity

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    This document contains information from 7 stations that evaluate different aspects of life in antebellum America through maps. Station 1 focuses on transportation infrastructure like railroads and how it gave the North an advantage if war broke out. Station 2 examines the population distribution of enslaved people across states. Station 3 looks at the small free African American populations in certain northern states and larger free populations in Virginia and South Carolina. Station 4 considers the foreign-born populations and how the North had more immigrants. Station 5 analyzes changes to land value from 1860-1870 with the South experiencing greater losses from the Civil War. Station 6 identifies that cotton dominated southern agriculture and other crops like sugar and rice were grown in specific southern regions. Finally, Station

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    This document contains information from 7 stations that evaluate different aspects of life in antebellum America through maps. Station 1 focuses on transportation infrastructure like railroads and how it gave the North an advantage if war broke out. Station 2 examines the population distribution of enslaved people across states. Station 3 looks at the small free African American populations in certain northern states and larger free populations in Virginia and South Carolina. Station 4 considers the foreign-born populations and how the North had more immigrants. Station 5 analyzes changes to land value from 1860-1870 with the South experiencing greater losses from the Civil War. Station 6 identifies that cotton dominated southern agriculture and other crops like sugar and rice were grown in specific southern regions. Finally, Station

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    This document contains information from 7 stations that evaluate different aspects of life in antebellum America through maps. Station 1 focuses on transportation infrastructure like railroads and how it gave the North an advantage if war broke out. Station 2 examines the population distribution of enslaved people across states. Station 3 looks at the small free African American populations in certain northern states and larger free populations in Virginia and South Carolina. Station 4 considers the foreign-born populations and how the North had more immigrants. Station 5 analyzes changes to land value from 1860-1870 with the South experiencing greater losses from the Civil War. Station 6 identifies that cotton dominated southern agriculture and other crops like sugar and rice were grown in specific southern regions. Finally, Station

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    Antebelllum Map Activity

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    montarileonard15
    This document contains information from 7 stations that evaluate different aspects of life in antebellum America through maps. Station 1 focuses on transportation infrastructure like railroads and how it gave the North an advantage if war broke out. Station 2 examines the population distribution of enslaved people across states. Station 3 looks at the small free African American populations in certain northern states and larger free populations in Virginia and South Carolina. Station 4 considers the foreign-born populations and how the North had more immigrants. Station 5 analyzes changes to land value from 1860-1870 with the South experiencing greater losses from the Civil War. Station 6 identifies that cotton dominated southern agriculture and other crops like sugar and rice were grown in specific southern regions. Finally, Station

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    Name:

    Evaluating Antebellum America Maps


    Directions: Use the linked station below to learn more about a different aspect of
    life in pre-Civil War America.
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    Station 1: _______________________ (what is the focus)

    1.) Which side (north or south) has the advantage if war were to break out
    between the two sides? Why? It is the north because they have more
    railroad.

    2.) Which side has larger cities connected by railroads? What examples can
    you provide? Boston had more railroads. If people from Boston wanted to
    go to New York they can get there.

    Station 2: _______________________ (what is the focus)

    1.) Which states have the highest population of enslaved persons? South
    Carolina, Alabama, and Louisiana.

    2.) Which states have the lowest population of enslaved persons? Florida,
    Texas, and Kentucky. Florida

    Station 3: _______________________ (what is the focus)


    Name:

    1.) Even though areas like Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and the Michigan
    territory outlawed slavery, what would explain the small areas of yellow on
    the map (0-2% free)? It would be 0% free blacks. Some ran to the north.

    2.) Which southern states have a large free African American population?
    Virginia, and South Carolina.

    Station 4: _______________________ (what is the focus)

    1.) Which region of the country has a larger foreign born (people born
    outside the United States) population: north or south? North

    2.) Why do you think this is? There are people coming from Canada Mexico
    and Cuba.

    3.) Now be more specific. Which areas seem to have the largest foreign-born
    population? Around Minnesota.

    Station 5: _______________________ (what is the focus)

    1.) Between 1860-1870, which section of the country experiences the


    greatest loss in its land? What might explain this? The south has the more
    loss of its land because most of the civil war battles was fought in the south.
    Name:

    2.) In the north, which area seems to be gaining value at the highest rate?
    The Northwestern united states.

    Station 6: _______________________ (what is the focus)

    1.) What crop dominated southern agriculture in 1860? Cotton dominated


    southern agriculture in 1860.

    2.) Where are other crops located, and what are they? Sugar is in New
    Orleans; rice is on the cost of south Carolina and Georgia.

    Station 7: _______________________ (what is the focus)

    1.) Examine the right side of this map. Which region of the country has the
    largest number of manufacturing employees? The North has the most
    manufacturing employees

    2.) Why is it so concentrated here?


    Because the north benefits off factories
    3.) Who will this benefit if/when war breaks out between the North and
    South? Why? The north because of factories and steamboats they can make
    more clothes and more weapons. Also, the north is more populated than
    the south.

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