A House Divided Causes Of The Civil War

“A House Divided”: North

v. South

North v. SouthCauses

of the Civil War“A House Divided”

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Slavery is BAD! Want to fight it out?!

Slavery is GOOD! Let’s take

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Warm-Up 2/24

• Come in, sit down QUIETLY and set-up!

• Use p. 410 in the RED BOOK to answer these questions:

1) Cotton was known as __________, because it ruled the __________ economy.

2) What did the new machines Americans were inventing mean for the factories?

Write the questions AND answers!

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1) Cotton was known as “King Cotton,” because it ruled the South’s economy.

2) What did the new machines Americans were inventing mean for the factories?

- The machines meant that factories could produce more goods, often more cheaply.


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Objective: We will analyze the differences between the Northern and Southern states in the 1800s

Warm-Up 2/25

• Come in, sit down QUIETLY and set-up!• Use YOUR NOTEBOOK to answer these

questions:

1) Why was Benjamin Banneker important to Washington D.C.?

2) What change happened in the Industrial Revolution?


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1) Why was Benjamin Banneker important to Washington D.C.?

- He surveyed, or planned, the capital city

2) What change happened in the Industrial Revolution?

- People used machines to make goods instead of making things by hand

Verbal-Visual Vocabulary

Word

Definition Sentence or Example

Picture

Industrial

Industrial

Industrial means having an economy based on producing goods & services in factories & businesses

Houston is an industrial city because it has many businesses.

Agricultural

Agricultural

(Write your own sentence using “agricultural”)

Agricultural means having an economy based on farming

Warm-Up 3/2

• Come in, sit down QUIETLY and set-up!• Use p. 465 in the RED BOOK to answer these

questions:

1) What does tariff mean?

2) The Northern states wanted _________ tariffs, but the Southern states wanted ____________ tariffs.

3) Why do you think the North and South wanted different tariffs?


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1) What does tariff mean?- A tariff is a tax on imported goods

(things that come INTO a country)

2) The Northern states wanted HIGHER tariffs, but the Southern states wanted LOWER tariffs.

3) Why do you think the North and South wanted different tariffs?

- The South wanted cheaper goods from Great Britain, but the North wanted to sell its manufactured goods at a high price.


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Objective: We will analyze the differences between the Northern and Southern states in the 1800s



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Draw your “Divided House”Causes


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North & South• In the 1800s, the Northern states and

the Southern states developed different economies and lifestyles

North & South

• They disagreed on the issue of slavery

• This disagreement led to the American Civil War

The Civil War: North v. South• To understand why the North and

South disagreed about slavery, think about a “divided house”

The Civil War: North v. South

The Civil War: North v. South• The North and South were part of the

same country (“house”), but they were fighting (“divided”) about slavery

Draw your “Divided House”Causes


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Causes of the Civil War: N v. SCauses


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COLDINDUSTRIAL

• big cities• factories & inventions• railroads & canals to move goods• immigrants from Ireland & Germany• “free labor” = workers are paid• wanted higher tariffs (import tax)

WARMAGRICULTURAL

• farms & plantations• plantations depended on slave labor• slaves are forced to work without pay• farmers plant cash crops, like cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar & indigo• wanted lower tariffs

Causes of the Civil War

Industrial North Agricultural South



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A House Divided Causes Of The Civil War