Civil WarCivil War

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Issues that Divided the NationIssues that Divided the NationLisa PenningtonLisa Pennington

Social Studies Instructional SpecialistSocial Studies Instructional SpecialistPortsmouth Public SchoolsPortsmouth Public Schools

Essential KnowledgeEssential Knowledge

► Cultural, economic, and constitutional Cultural, economic, and constitutional differences between the North and the differences between the North and the South eventually resulted in the Civil War. South eventually resulted in the Civil War.

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Key WordsKey Words

►Tariff: tax on exports from a country Tariff: tax on exports from a country (the goods that leave a country)(the goods that leave a country)

►Urban: having to do with a city or city Urban: having to do with a city or city lifelife

►Advocate: to support or defend a Advocate: to support or defend a person or an ideaperson or an idea

►Great Britain: was a major buyer of the Great Britain: was a major buyer of the South’s cotton since England had many South’s cotton since England had many factories that made cloth and clothing factories that made cloth and clothing from the cottonfrom the cotton

Issues that Divided Issues that Divided the Nationthe Nation

SlaverySlavery► While there were several While there were several

differences between the differences between the North and the South, the North and the South, the issues related to slavery issues related to slavery increasingly divided the increasingly divided the nation and led to the Civil nation and led to the Civil War. War.

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Slave quarters on aSouthern plantation.

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CulturalCultural

► The North was a mainly The North was a mainly urban society in which urban society in which people held jobs.people held jobs.

► The South was The South was primarily an primarily an agricultural society in agricultural society in which people lived in which people lived in small villages and on small villages and on farms and plantations.farms and plantations.

► Because of their Because of their cultural differences, cultural differences, people of the North and people of the North and South found it difficult South found it difficult to agree on social and to agree on social and political issues.political issues.

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EconomicEconomic

► The North was a manufacturing region, and its people favored The North was a manufacturing region, and its people favored tariffs that protected factory owners and workers from foreign tariffs that protected factory owners and workers from foreign competition.competition.

► The South was largely agricultural. Southerners opposed The South was largely agricultural. Southerners opposed tariffs that would cause prices of manufactured goods to tariffs that would cause prices of manufactured goods to increase. Planters were also concerned that Great Britain increase. Planters were also concerned that Great Britain might stop buying cotton from the South if tariffs were added.might stop buying cotton from the South if tariffs were added.

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ConstitutionalConstitutional

► A major conflict was A major conflict was states’ rights versus states’ rights versus a strong central a strong central government. States’ government. States’ rights advocates rights advocates believed that since believed that since they had voluntarily they had voluntarily entered the Union, entered the Union, they had a right to they had a right to protect the need of protect the need of their states. their states.

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