Differences between the North and South
Objective:
Geography of the North
Climate – frozen winters; hot/humid summers
Natural features:
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Geography of the South
coastline: _________________________ – fishermen, shipbuilding
(i.e. Boston)
inland: rocky soil – farming hard; turned to ___________________
____________________ (timber for shipbuilding)
Climate – mild winters; long, hot, humid summers
Natural features:
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Economy of the North
coastline: ___________________________________ (rice &
sugarcane, fishing)
inland: indigo, ______________________, & corn
__________________________________ inland!
_______________________________: Introduction of the Machine
products were made _______________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Economy _______________________!!!
Economy of the South
_____________________: Plantations and Slaves
White Southerners made living off ________________________
____________________________ – Eli Whitney
cotton made _______________________ more important
cotton spread west, so slavery ___________________________
Transportation of the
North
________________________ – better roads; inexpensive way to deliver
products
______________________ – river travels fast; steamboat (i.e. Erie Canal)
____________________ – steam- powered machine (fastest
transportation and travels across land)
Transportation of the
South
______________! Southern rivers made water travel easy and cheap
(i.e. _________________________)
Southern town sprang up along _____________________
Society of the North –
_______________________
Maine to Iowa
Black Northerners
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free but not equal (i.e. segregation)
worked as laborers & servants
White Northerners
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most lived on farms
children expected to help with harvesting
cities next to _________________________________
Society of the South –
_______________________
Maryland to Florida & west to Texas
Black Southerners
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small minority free (live separate, wear special badges) – skilled
crafts people or servants
__________________ – cooks, carpenters, blacksmiths, nurse
maids/nannies, MOST ________________________
White Southerners
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Summary:
measured wealth in terms of ______________________________