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    Unit 4: Civil War and Reconstruction

    Lecture #1

    Differences Between the North


    South West
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    Created by SMHS Staff 7-19-06 1


    Differences Between
    North/South/West

    2
    Objectives:

    • Explain economic, social


    and political causes of the
    Civil War
    –Economic and social
    differences between North,
    South, and West

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    4
    5
    What is Sectionalism?
    • Competition among sections or
    regions of a country.
    • The different regions were the
    North and South.
    • The West didn’t practice it,
    instead other regions fought to
    control the destiny of the West.
    6
    What were the differences?
    South North
    • Agricultural • Industrial
    • Plantations • Business and
    • Cheap labor industry
    in form of • Life faster
    slaves pace
    • Leisurely • Commerce
    lifestyle important 7
    The Industrial North
    • Factories were used for
    manufacturing goods in the North.
    Slaves were not needed for work.
    • Machines allowed products to be
    produced faster. Immigrants did
    the work.
    • New tools transformed northern
    farms. Improvements to the plow
    made farm work easier and faster.
    8
    The Agricultural South
    • The South had long relied on
    agriculture and slave labor.
    • Industrialization developed
    more slowly than in the North.
    • Cotton represented half of all
    U.S. exports.
    • Eli Whitney’s cotton gin.
    9
    What were the issues?
    • Created sectional conflict:
    –Slavery
    –Representation
    –Tariffs
    –States Rights

    10
    Slavery Issue
    • Northerners didn’t care about it in
    the beginning but the extension into
    territories, it became an issue.
    • Southerners needed it for their
    economy.
    • Just one in four southern white
    families owned slaves, but this group
    of slaveholders dominated Southern
    society and politics. 11
    Representation Issue
    • Both wanted power to pass laws
    that would benefit their section.
    • More states that became free or
    slave meant more votes in
    Congress.
    • Became an issue as we expanded
    westward and added states
    12
    Tariffs Issue
    • A tax on imported goods.
    • North supported tariffs
    • Use it to protect their industries

    13
    Question:
    • Why would the South not
    support high tariffs?

    14
    Tariffs Issue
    • South resented all tariffs
    • They imported everything and
    needed other nations to
    purchase their cotton
    • Used right of nullification.
    (nullification - the power of a
    state to declare a federal law
    null and void.)
    15
    Nullification Debate
    • Southerners believed in states’
    rights. (a state’s right to be free
    from unwanted federal control.)
    • Calhoun said people of a state
    could nullify, or declare illegal
    any federal law they believed to
    be unconstitutional.
    16
    Question:

    • Why would the South


    oppose strong federal laws?

    17
    States Rights Issue
    • South fears the North will pass
    laws that will hurt their lifestyle.
    • Examples would be tariffs and
    laws to restrict or abolish
    slavery.
    • South again claimed they had
    the right of nullification.
    18
    Reasons for Sectionalism
    • Expansion of slavery.
    • Tariffs.
    • Nullification of federal laws.
    • (Nullification – is the refusal or
    failure of a U.S. state to
    recognize or enforce Federal
    laws within its boundaries.)
    19
    The Lure of the West
    • The West economy was:
    – mining
    –ranching
    –agriculture.

    20
    Mining
    • California Gold Rush (1849)
    “49ers” helped bring thousands of
    people West looking to strike it
    rich.
    • Gold & Silver strikes were big.
    Most people never found gold.

    21
    Ranching
    • Cattle ranchers were attracted to
    Texas with its herds of free
    roaming longhorns.
    • Many people wanted to make
    money by sending them to market
    back East.

    22
    Agriculture

    • Farmers arrived by the


    thousands. They were
    encouraged by the federal gov’t
    and railroads.

    23
    Main Ideas
    • sectionalism • nullification
    • differences • reasons for
    between North sectionalism
    and South • West economy
    • slavery issue
    • representation
    issue
    • tariff issue
    • states’ rights
    issue
    24
    • 1. What is sectionalism?
    • 2. What was the economy based on in the
    North?
    • 3. What was the economy based on in the
    South?
    • 4. Name four major inventions of the
    1800’s.
    • 5. Why did the South oppose protective
    tariffs?
    • 6. What was the economy based on in the
    West?
    • 7. What three factors contributed to
    sectionalism? 25

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