Antebellum Society Guided Notes Antebellum - ____________________________________________________________. Two regions, two ways of life By ___________, the and the South had developed into two very different regions. Divergent ______________, _______________, and _________________ points of view, dating from colonial times, gradually drove the two sections farther and farther apart. Each tried to impose its point of view on the country as a whole. Although ________________ had kept the Union together for many years, in 1860 the situation was explosive. MO Compromise, Compromise of 1850… The election of _______________________ in ____________ as president was viewed by the South as a threat to slavery and ignited the war. Characteristics of the Antebellum South The Cotton Gin - Initially it was difficult to make a profit from cotton because _______________________ were removed by hand. It usually took one person an entire day to clean one pound of cotton. To speed up the process _________________________invented the ________________________ in 1793. It had a dramatic impact on cotton production. __________________________ began to earn a lot of money growing cotton. This caused farmers to increase their dependency on ________________________. Between the years 1820 and 1860 what happened to cotton production in America?
Antebellum Society Guided Notes Antebellum - ____________________________________________________________. Two regions, two ways of life By ___________, the and the South had developed into two very different regions. Divergent ______________, _______________, and _________________ points of view, dating from colonial times, gradually drove the two sections farther and farther apart. Each tried to impose its point of view on the country as a whole. Although ________________ had kept the Union together for many years, in 1860 the situation was explosive. MO Compromise, Compromise of 1850… The election of _______________________ in ____________ as president was viewed by the South as a threat to slavery and ignited the war. Characteristics of the Antebellum South The Cotton Gin - Initially it was difficult to make a profit from cotton because _______________________ were removed by hand. It usually took one person an entire day to clean one pound of cotton. To speed up the process _________________________invented the ________________________ in 1793. It had a dramatic impact on cotton production. __________________________ began to earn a lot of money growing cotton. This caused farmers to increase their dependency on ________________________. Between the years 1820 and 1860 what happened to cotton production in America?
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