Cultural The North was mainly an urban society in which people held jobs. The South was primarily an agricultural society in which people lived in small villages and on farms and plantations. Because of their cultural differences, people of the North and South found it difficult to agree on social and political issues. Economic The North was a manufacturing region, and its people favored tariffs that protected factory owners and workers from foreign competition. Southerners opposed tariffs that would cause prices of manufactured goods to increase. Planters were also concerned that England might stop buying cotton from the South if tariffs were added. Constitutional A major conflict was rights versus strong central government. states’ Summarize the fear that the North would take control of Congress. Explain that South’s Southerners began to proclaim rights as a means of self-protection. states’ Explain the Northern belief that the nation was a union and could not be divided. Explain that, while the Civil War did not begin as a war to abolish slavery, issues surrounding slavery deeply divided the nation. Summarize the following issues that divided the nation: An important issue separating the country related to the power of the Federal government. Southerners believed that they had the power to declare any national law illegal. Northerners believed that the national power was supreme over government’s that of the states. Southerners felt that the abolition of slavery would destroy their economy. region’s Northerners believed that slavery should be abolished for moral reasons. Explain the following compromises that attempted to resolve the differences between the North and the South: Missouri Compromise (1820): Missouri was a slave state; Maine, a free state. Compromise of l850: California was a free state. Southwest territories would decide about slavery. Kansas-Nebraska Act: People decided the slavery issue (“popular sovereignty”). Explain that, following the Southern states seceded from the Union. Lincoln’s election, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, in South Carolina, marking the beginning of the Civil War. Explain that Lincoln and many Northerners believed that the United States was one nation that could not be separated or divided. Most Southerners believed that states had freely created and joined the union and could freely leave it. Explain that Southern states that were dependent upon labor-intensive cash crops seceded from the Union. Identify these states: Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia
Cultural The North was mainly an urban society in which people held jobs. The South was primarily an agricultural society in which people lived in small villages and on farms and plantations. Because of their cultural differences, people of the North and South found it difficult to agree on social and political issues. Economic The North was a manufacturing region, and its people favored tariffs that protected factory owners and workers from foreign competition. Southerners opposed tariffs that would cause prices of manufactured goods to increase. Planters were also concerned that England might stop buying cotton from the South if tariffs were added. Constitutional A major conflict was states’ rights versus strong central government. Summarize the South’s fear that the North would take control of Congress. Explain that Southerners began to proclaim states’ rights as a means of self-protection. Explain the Northern belief that the nation was a union and could not be divided. Explain that, while the Civil War did not begin as a war to abolish slavery, issues surrounding slavery deeply divided the nation. Summarize the following issues that divided the nation: An important issue separating the country related to the power of the Federal government. Southerners believed that they had the power to declare any national law illegal. Northerners believed that the national government’s power was supreme over that of the states. Southerners felt that the abolition of slavery would destroy their region’s economy. Northerners believed that slavery should be abolished for moral reasons. Explain the following compromises that attempted to resolve the differences between the North and the South: Missouri Compromise (1820): Missouri was a slave state; Maine, a free state. Compromise of l850: California was a free state. Southwest territories would decide about slavery. Kansas-Nebraska Act: People decided the slavery issue (“popular sovereignty”). Explain that, following Lincoln’s election, the Southern states seceded from the Union. Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, in South Carolina, marking the beginning of the Civil War. Explain that Lincoln and many Northerners believed that the United States was one nation that could not be separated or divided. Most Southerners believed that states had freely created and joined the union and could freely leave it. Explain that Southern states that were dependent upon labor-intensive cash crops seceded from the Union. Identify these states: Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia