1. The conflicts that led up to the Civil War

2. More Americans lost their lives in the Civil War (620,000) than in any other conflict through Vietnam. How did the United States arrive at a point at which the South seceded and some families were so fractured that brother fought brother?

3. The Civil War erupted after a long history of compromises and debates over representation, federalism, tariffs, and territories.

4. Guiding Questions: What differences existed between ordinary Americans living in the North and those living in the South in the years before the Civil War? What important issues are reflected in the differences between life in the North and the South? What kinds of changes were taking place in the United States at the time?

5. Factory vs. Plantation Read two primary source documents Read two primary source documents Compare the two different work environments Compare the two different work environments

6. Factory vs. Plantation

7. Factory (North): 1836 Song Lyrics Sung by Protesting Workers at Lowell: Oh! isn't it a pity, such a pretty girl as I Should be sent to the factory to pine away and die? Oh! I cannot be a slave, I will not be a slave, For I'm so fond of liberty, That I cannot be a slave.

8. Plantation (South): Go Down Moses (traditional spiritual): When Israel was in Egypt's Land: Let my people go. Oppress'd so hard they could not stand, Let my people go Refrain: Go down Moses 'way down in Egypt's land Tell ol' Pharaoh, Let my peoples go. Thus saith the Lord, bold Moses said: Let my people go. If not I'll smite your firstborn dead, Let my people go.: O let us all from bondage flee; Let my people go. And let us all in Christ be free! Let my people go.