1. A Divided Nation
By: Tracy Finke

2. There were three main sectional difference between the North and the South.
States Rights
Economy
Population
This caused these
two regions of people
to not always get along.

3. States Rights Most northerners believed Most southerners believed
No! the National
Government
Should have
More power!
Our state
government
should have
more power!
Most northerners believed
That the Federal
Government should have
The most decision making
Power.
Most southerners believed
that each state should
have the most decision
making power.

4. Economy In the south, the weather is warm all year.
So, most people were farmers. Since there
were no machines back then, southerners
Who owned large plantations needed lots
of workers. They used slaves.

5. Economy In the north, the weather is much colder.
So, most people worked in factories. They
did not need slaves and did not think anyone should own them. In fact, many northern states passed laws against slavery.

6. Population The population in the north was 22 million people.
the south was 9
million people.
So the north had
more voting power!
And the south had
less voting power.

7. states left the Union and formed their own country.
These sectional differences caused many southerners to want to secede. And they did!
United States
of America
Confederate
States of
America
This means that
eleven southern
states left the Union and
formed their own country.