Civil War SOL US1.9a Issues that Divided the Nation

Major Ideas Cultural, economic, and constitutional differences between the North and the South eventually resulted in the Civil War. http://wpln.org/newsimages2007/battle-of-franklin.jpg

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

Key Words Tariff: tax on exports from a country (the goods that leave a country) Urban: having to do with a city or city life Advocate: to support or defend a person or an idea England: was a major buyer of the South’s cotton since England had many factories that made cloth and clothing from the cotton

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

Urban: having to do with a city or city life

Advocate: to support or defend a person or an idea

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

Issues that Divided the Nation

Slavery The issues related to slavery increasingly divided the nation and led to the Civil War. ://www.britannica.com/ebc/art/print%3Fid%3D14387%26articleTypeId%3D0&h=450&w=458&sz=68&hl= Slave quarters on a Southern plantation. http://drjon.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/01/slavery1.jpg

The issues related to slavery increasingly divided the nation and led to the Civil War.

Cultural The North was a mainly 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. http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3435734/2/istockphoto_3435734-southern-plantation-home.jpg http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/images/civil-war-080.jpg

The North was a mainly 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. http://www.federalcompress.com/Cotton%20field%20England%20Ar.jpg http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=19144&rendTypeId=4

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 a strong central government. States’ rights advocates believed that since they had voluntarily entered the Union, they had a right to protect the need of their states. http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/constitution.jpg

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