Differences Divide the North and South

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Differences Divide the North and South

• Regional Differences
• Pages 477-478

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Regional Differences

• Many differences developed over time as people
  found different ways of making a living.
• In the mid-1800s most Americans still worked on
  farms.
• Life was changing for many people.

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Living in the North

• In the North, factories were everywhere making
  all kinds of goods.
• Many people were leaving their farms and moving
  to the city for better paying jobs.

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Living in the South

• Life in the South was not changing as quickly.
• Factories were being built and cities were
  growing but farming remained the most common way
  to make a living.

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Southern Plantations

• Huge plantations were found along the Coastal
  Plain and near the Mississippi River.
• Planters raised acres of cash crops such as
  cotton, rice, tobacco, and sugarcane to sell at
  market.
• Wealthy plantation owners were the leaders in the
  South.

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A Divided South

• Although there were many plantations, most people
  lived on small farms, where they raised cattle,
  cut lumber, and grew only enough food to feed
  their families.

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Populations

• Many more people lived in the North than in the
  South.
• By 1860 the population of the North was more than
  19 million.
• In the South the population was 7 million with
  nearly 4 million Africans held as slaves.

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Lets Compare

• Economy
• In the North many people moved to cities to work
  in factories.
• In the South farming remained the most important
  industry.

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Lets Compare

• Population
• More people lived in the North than in the South.
• Fewer people lived in the South than in the North.

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Lets Compare

• Slavery
• The North ended slavery and was against its
  spread to the West.
• The South allowed Slavery and was in favor of its
  spread to the West.