Economic issues that divided America in the first half of the 19 th century (early 1800s) and led to the Civil War.

1. Economic issues that divided America in the first half of the 19th century (early 1800s) and led to the Civil War.

2. How did the Northern states differ from the Southern states economically?

3. How did the Northern states differ from the Southern states economically? NORTH: *Industrial Economy *Favored Protective Tariffs to protect Northern manufacturers from foreign competition

4. How did the Southern states differ from the Northern states economically?

5. 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

6. How was the economy in the foothills and valley of the Appalachian Mountains different from the lowlands of the deep South?

7. 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

8. How did the economic differences between North and South lead to the Civil War? NORTH: *Industrial Economy *Favored Protective Tariffs to protect Northern manufacturers from foreign competition SOUTH: Agricultural Economy Slave-based plantation system in lowlands along Atlantic and Deep South Against tariffs, made price of imported manufactured goods expensive

9. 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: *Industrial Economy *Favored Protective Tariffs to protect Northern manufacturers from foreign competition SOUTH: Agricultural Economy Slave-based plantation system in lowlands along Atlantic and Deep South Against tariffs, made price of imported manufactured goods expensive

10. What was the essential conflict as the U.S. expanded westward in the early 1800s?

11. What was the essential conflict as the U.S. expanded westward in the early 1800s? Would the new states be “slave” or “free??”

12. What is at stake in the question of “slave” states v. “free” states?

13. 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