Civil War-A Nation Divided
• Objective: SWBAT analyze the 4 conflicts of
the Civil war.
4 conflicts of Civil War:
1) Separation over governments
2) Separation of groups of people
3) Separation over laws
4) Separation over slavery
Civil War-A Nation Divided
States Rights
VS.
Social-North states vs. South
states
Political-small states wanted
popular sovereignty and
independence; feared balance of
power in government
Economic-South had slave labor;
people forced to work to earn a
living
Culture-Many Southerners way of
life mainly consisted of farming
and working plantations
Federal Rights
Social- North states vs. South
states
Political- a central government
for all; feared balance of
power in government
Economic-North had free
labor; people choosing to work
to earn a living
Culture-Many Northerners way
of life mainly consisted of
agriculture and industry.
Civil War-A Nation Divided
Southern Economy & Lifestyle VS. Northern Economy & Lifestyle
*Believed slave labor was
necessary to earn a living
*Economic based on cotton
(invention of cotton gin
helped; grew and picked the
cotton)
*Socially known for plantation
lifestyle (slow and relaxed)
*Believed free labor was
necessary to earn a living
*Economy based on
agriculture and industry
(used cotton to make things)
*Socially known for city
lifestyle (busy and big)
Civil War-A Nation Divided
Missouri Compromise of 1820
*Social-Slave states vs. Free states (anti-slavery)
Slave States (South): Texas, Louisiana, Alabama,
Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas.
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware
Free States (North): Maine, Vermont, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and
Wisconsin
*Political-Missouri wanted to enter the Union,
Northern government officials not happy because
it would be a slave state. Government made
compromise by allowing Maine a free slave state
enter the Union.
*Economic-Slave labor was cheap
*Culture-Northern states believed in free labor
(choice of work to earn a living) vs. Southern
states believed slave labor (forced to work to
earn a living)
Civil War-A Nation Divided
Slave State vs. Free Slave State
*Social-South (pro-slavery) vs. North
(anti-slavery)
*Political-After Mexican-American war,
new states admitted into the Union led
to many controversial acts; Wilmot
Provisio (wanted to stop slavery),
Compromise of 1850 (California be free,
Utah & New Mexico get to choose),
Fugitive slave act (capturing of slaves),
Kansas-Nebraska act (through popular
sovereignty states allowed to choose
slavery; Bleeding Kansas).
*Economic-Slave labor; cheap for the
South
*Culture-Many slaves tried to escape to
the North to be free.