South
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Economic
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factories, favored taxes that protected them from foreign competition
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large plantations, opposed taxes that would raise prices and hurt sales to New England states
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money not plentiful, but developing
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prospered from farming tobacco & cotton
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Cultural Differences
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freedom for slaves
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depended on slavery
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urban society, people held jobs
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lived in small villages and on farms
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Constitutional Differences
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Strong central government, wanted the nation to stay together
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State's rights important (secession)
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North v. South interactive map - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/map.htm
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The North and the South had different attitudes toward slavery, free labor (paid) versus slave labor (unpaid)
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Confederate troops bombarded a Union stronghold, Fort Sumter, Charleston,
South Carolina, April 12, 1861. |
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Ways of life were different for both sides: plantations versus factories.
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On state's rights the North argued no state had a right to secede from the Union,
the South argued a state could leave the Union if it voted to do so. |
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