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Differences Between the North and the South

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Geography of the North

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Geography of the South

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Economy of the North

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Economy of the South

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Transportation in the North

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Transportation in the South

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Society in the North

• Industrial and urban lifestyle• Stretched from Maine to Iowa• Black Northerners=free, but not equal1. worked as laborers and servants• White Northerners1. Most lived on farms2. Children were expected to help with the harvest3. Cities next to factories and railroad tracks

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Society in the South

• Agricultural and rural• Maryland to Florida and west to Texas• Black Southerners1. Small minority were free (had a badge as proof)2. Skilled crafts people or servants3. Slaves=cooks, carpenters, blacksmiths, nurses,

maids/nannies, field hands• White Southerners1. Measured wealth in terms of land and slaves

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Abolitionist Movement in the North

• Abolitionist=someone who wants to abolish slavery

• Blacks and whites worked together towards this outcome

• Sometimes peaceful• Sometimes violent

Frederick Douglass John Brown

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Abolitionist Movement in the South

• Mostly female• Tried to convince lawmakers slavery was illegal• Spoke out against slave beatings


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