1.HIST 110: Week # 5
University of Phoenix
Cypress Creek Campus
Professor Jennifer L. Blank
July 6th, 2011

2. Workshop Schedule:
6:00 6:15
Arrival and discussion of objectives
6:15 6:45
Student presentations from last week
6:45 7:30
Class party
7:30 8:00
BREAK
8:00 9:00
Power point presentation of Sectionalism
9:00 9:30
Group Activity
9:30 10:00
Wrap-up
3. What is sectionalism?
When regional or state interests take precedence at the expense of national or federal interests
The primary cause of the Civil War
States rights vs. Federal Authority
4. Problems of Sectional Balance in 1850:
California statehood
This would make the number of free and slave states uneven
Southern states (primarily South Carolina) threaten secession
Secession is separation from the union
Underground railroad, fugitive slave issues, and abolitionists
Mostly from the north (abolitionists)
Fugitive slaves would run to the north and be safe from capture by their owners
5. Differences Divide North and South
Regional Differences
North
More factories
People began moving to the cities to work
Less people were farming
People from other countries moved to the North
Population grew rapidly to over 19 million PEOPLE!!!
6. Plantation Life
Huge plantations
Needed a lot of workers
Used slave labor
7. The South
Farming remained the main way to earn a living
Most were small one family farms
Cut lumber, raised cattle, and raised just enough food for their own families

Population was a lot smaller (11 million) than in the North (19 million)