Economic issues that divided America in the first half of
the 19th century (early 1800s) and led to the Civil War.
How did the Northern states
differ from the Southern states
economically?
How did the Northern states
differ from the Southern states
economically?
NORTH:
*Industrial Economy
*Favored Protective Tariffs
to protect Northern
manufacturers from
foreign competition
How did the Southern states
differ from the Northern states
economically?
How did the Southern states
differ from the Northern states
economically?
SOUTH:
Agricultural Economy
Slave-based plantation
system in lowlands along
Atlantic and Deep South
Against tariffs, made price
of imported manufactured
goods expensive
How was the economy in
the foothills and valley of the
Appalachian Mountains
different from the lowlands
of the deep South?
How was the economy in
the foothills and valley of the
Appalachian Mountains
different from the lowlands
of the deep South?
Small subsistence
farmers in foothills and
valleys of Appalachians
Mountains
Large plantations based
on slave labor in the deep
South
How did the economic differences between
North and South lead to the Civil War?
NORTH:
SOUTH:
*Industrial Economy
*Favored Protective Tariffs
to protect Northern
manufacturers from
foreign competition
Agricultural Economy
Slave-based plantation
system in lowlands along
Atlantic and Deep South
Against tariffs, made price
of imported manufactured
goods expensive
How did the economic differences between
North and South lead to the Civil War?
ANSWER! North did not depend on slave-based labor,
while in the South slavery was the backbone of the
plantation economy---Slavery becomes one of the issues
that divides North and South.
NORTH:
SOUTH:
*Industrial Economy
*Favored Protective Tariffs
to protect Northern
manufacturers from
foreign competition
Agricultural Economy
Slave-based plantation
system in lowlands along
Atlantic and Deep South
Against tariffs, made price
of imported manufactured
goods expensive
What was the essential conflict as the U.S.
expanded westward in the early 1800s?
What was the essential conflict as the U.S.
expanded westward in the early 1800s?
Would the new states be “slave” or “free??”
What is at stake in the question of
“slave” states v. “free” states?
What is at stake in the question of
“slave” states v. “free” states?
Representation in Congress is at stake—
Northern states fear that “slave-states” will take over
power and Southern states fear the end of slavery
What region of American in the early 19th
century had an economy based on
manufacturing?
What region of American in the early 19th
century had an economy based on
manufacturing?
What region of America in the early 19th
century had an agricultural economy?
North
What region of American in the early 19th
century had an economy based on
manufacturing?
North
What region of America in the early 19th
century had an agricultural economy?
South
What region of America in the early 1800s
favored high protective tariffs?
What region of American in the early 19th
century had an economy based on
manufacturing?
North
What region of America in the early 19th
century had an agricultural economy?
South
What region of America in the early 1800s
favored high protective tariffs?
North (to “protect”)
manufacturing
What region of America in the early 1800s
strongly opposed high tariffs?
What region of American in the early 19th
century had an economy based on
manufacturing?
North
What region of America in the early 19th
century had an agricultural economy?
South
What region of America in the early 1800s
favored high protective tariffs?
North (to “protect”)
manufacturing
What region of America in the early 1800s
strongly opposed high tariffs?
South (price of imported
goods too expensive)
What part of the South was primarily
composed of small subsistence farmers?
What region of American in the early 19th
century had an economy based on
manufacturing?
North
What region of America in the early 19th
century had an agricultural economy?
South
What region of America in the early 1800s
favored high protective tariffs?
North (to “protect”)
manufacturing
What region of America in the early 1800s
strongly opposed high tariffs?
South (price of imported
goods too expensive)
What part of the South was primarily
composed of small subsistence farmers?
Foothills and Valleys of the
Appalachian Mountains
What was the essential question as the
country expanded westward in the early
1800s?
What region of American in the early 19th
century had an economy based on
manufacturing?
North
What region of America in the early 19th
century had an agricultural economy?
South
What region of America in the early 1800s
favored high protective tariffs?
North (to “protect”)
manufacturing
What region of America in the early 1800s
strongly opposed high tariffs?
South (price of imported
goods too expensive)
What part of the South was primarily
composed of small subsistence farmers?
Foothills and Valleys of the
Appalachian Mountains
What was the essential question as the
country expanded westward in the early
1800s?
Would the states be “free” or
“slave”??
What was at stake in the question of
whether states would be “free” or “slave?”
What region of American in the early 19th
century had an economy based on
manufacturing?
North
What region of America in the early 19th
century had an agricultural economy?
South
What region of America in the early 1800s
favored high protective tariffs?
North (to “protect”)
manufacturing
What region of America in the early 1800s
strongly opposed high tariffs?
South (price of imported
goods too expensive)
What part of the South was primarily
composed of small subsistence farmers?
Foothills and Valleys of the
Appalachian Mountains
What was the essential question as the
country expanded westward in the early
1800s?
Would the states be “free” or
“slave”??
What was at stake in the question of
whether states would be “free” or “slave?”
Representation in Congress