Chapter 14 Section 1 The Widening Split

Chapter 14 Section 1 The Widening Split Essential Question and Objectives EQ: Explain the conflict between the North and the South over the question of extending slavery into western territories. Objectives: 1.Summarize how President James K. Polk added Texas and Oregon Country to the United States. 2.Analyze the basis for division between the North and South over slavery 3.Evaluate the effects of the delicate balance between slave and free states in Congress. 4.Describe what life was like for slaves in the South. 5.Explain the growing crisis between the North and the South in the 1850s.

Cornell Notes Setting the Stage Opinion James K. Polk is important to history. Proof: 1.11 th President of the United States 2.was proslavery 3.promoted western expansion 4.increased the size of the United States Spanning a continent How did Polk increase the size of the U.S? By 1845 Americans were focused on moving west. 1.Republic of Texas 2.Oregon Country The U.S. stole Texas and other land from Mexico U.S. offers to buy land from Mexico 2.Mexico refuses to sell 3.In 1846 Polk ordered troops near Texas and Mexico’s border near the Rio Grande 4.The Mexican-American War takes place. Will 3 be Britain’s lucky number? America avoids a third war with Britain by splitting the Oregon Country at the 49 th parallel. Present day border between US and Canada.

How do the North and South differ? NorthSouth Views on slavery Eliminate growth of slavery Extend Slavery EconomyManufacturing and trade Agriculture Who did the work? Women and children German and Irish immigrants Slaves How were the two regions linked? Mills Textile mills turn cotton into cloth Cotton gin Slaves pick cotton and cotton gin takes out the seeds What else was produced? Tobacco, corn, indigo, rice NC = turpentine stills and gristmills, fishing ports, mines, plantations, farms James H. Hammond = Cotton is King Cotton