1. Chapter 5, Lesson 1
Worlds Apart

2. essential question
What were some political and economic differences between the North and the South that led to the Civil War?
Hypothesis:
Answer:

3. vocabulary Tariff- Tax on imported goods
States’ rights- The idea that the states should make the decisions on matters that affected them
Sectionalism- Loyalty to one part of the country

4. Worlds Apart Slavery WAS allowed in all colonies
A National Sin.
Slavery WAS allowed in all colonies
More slaves in the South than the North
George Mason, a Virginia slaveowner, said that slavery is a “national sin”
Delegates at the Continental Congress could not agree on how to end slavery

5. Cotton
Rising Value
Britain and New England
had new textile mills
By 1840, the South grew
the most of it in the world
COTTON GIN
Question: With the invention of the cotton gin, why did slavery increase in the South?

6. Resistance to slavery Nat Turner was an enslaved preacher
Led rebellion against slave owners
After Nat Turner’s Rebellion, southern states passed laws to control ALL blacks
The North believed slavery kept economy from growing faster, was unfair and wrong
The South believed slavery was too important to their economy to give up
Picture: “Discovery of Nat Turner” by William Henry Shelton
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7. North and South The North Economy The South Economy
Growing cities and building factories in the region
Factories made textiles, shoes and other goods
By 1860, fewer than half of people were farmers
The South Economy
Mainly agricultural; based on farming
Many had small farms of crops or cattle and had few or no enslaved people

8. North and south-the tariff
Economic differences between North and South led to lots of disagreements
Between , Congress passed tariffs on goods made outside the country
If Britain textiles were expensive, then the inexpensive cloth could be bought in New England, in the North
The North was more industrialized than the South
Question: How did tariffs help the North, but not the South?

9. States’ rights
John Calhoun, Vice President in 1828, from South Carolina
Believed Constitution did not allow
federal government to create tariffs
Believed states had the right to veto
tariffs
All the political and economic disagreements led to sectionalism
More conflicts meant more people cared about their own section instead of the country
Question: Why were States’ rights a popular idea in the South?

10. Essential question
What were some political and economic differences between the North and the South that led to the Civil War?
Hypothesis:
Answer: