Category 1: The North
What type of economy was in the North, based on work and jobs?
Industrial
What was the main cash crop in the South?
Cotton
What law required escaped enslaved people to be returned to their owners?
The Fugitive Slave Act
Which region seceded after the election of 1860?
South
The south was mostly this... large farms that used enslaved labor to grow crops
Plantations
What was the most dangerous & low paying job throughout the north but was important for production?
Factory Workers
What was the name of the laws that controlled enslaved people’s rights and movements, and actually stated the rights they do not have?
Slave Codes
What legal agreement (or policy) allowed the creation of free states and territories but included the Fugitive Slave Act?
Compromise of 1850
Which region of the United States had more large cities and transportation such as railroad and canals?
North
Who owned small farms and worked the land with their family? They were the middle class of the south
Yeoman Farmers
What major transportation method helped the North transport goods and people more efficiently?
Railroads
What did the southern states call themselves when they seceded to form their own nation and government?
The Confederate States of America - The Confederacy
What law allowed two territories to vote on whether they would allow slavery, which led to violence?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What was the event that caused Southern states to start seceding from the Union?
The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
Who (what job) was responsible for building projects such as roads, bridges, railroads, canals, etc...?
Construction Workers
TWO PARTS:
1. What groups of workers formed and demanded better pay and working conditions in the North? They typically worked in factories, industries, or construction.
2. What legal rules were created to try to protect kids who were working in these Northern jobs?
Trade Unions; Child Labor Laws
What was the main difference between Yeoman Farmers and Plantation Owners?
Yeoman Farmers worked small farms with little to no enslaved labor, while Plantation Owners had large farms and many enslaved workers.
What was the ruling of the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?
TWO PART (half credit each)
Enslaved people were not U.S. citizens and had no rights.
TWO PARTS: What was the political party alignment of the Northern and Southern states? What were the 2 major political party's stances on slavery? (half credit for each part)
North=Republican=Against Slavery
South=Democrat=For Slavery
What are the items called that farmers would specifically grow because they would make them the most money and they were the most valuable? They made them the most profit...
Cash crops
Which two immigrant groups made up a large part of the Northern factory jobs, and describe the types of wages and treatment/judgement they received?
Irish and German Immigrants earned low wages and faced discrimination and prejudice
What group in the south was the largest of the population, and what group in the south was the smallest of the population? ALL OR NOTHING
Largest - Enslaved People; Smallest - Plantation Owners
What party collapsed due to the inability to set a clear stance on slavery, and which party was formed to go against slavery? (ALL OR NOTHING)
Whig collapsed; Republican went against slavery
What is the name that was given to several states that stayed with the Union even though they were slave states? They were located in between the Northern and Southern states (Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware)
Border States
What does this map say about the transportation and population differences between the North and South?