Bell Ringer!Record and think about the following equation:

ENVIRONMENT + ADAPTATION = CULTURE

What does this mean?How does WHERE someone live effect

HOW they live? Why do cultural differences exist even

within the same country? Is this true today?

What contributes to regional differences? Environment – climate, rainfall, physical

landscape Economy – What kinds of goods are

produced? How money is made? Demographics – Who lives there?

White/Black/Slave/Free

SectionalismLoyalty to one’s region or “section” of

the country rather than the nation as a whole

Different regions or sections of the country will want the federal government to focus on different things

-Regional Differences-

North – (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine) Desire laws to build industry and manufacturing Most states passing laws that end slavery by early 1800s

South Chesapeake – (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, parts of

northern N. Carolina) Low Country – lower N. Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia Mississippi Delta – Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama Desire laws to protect slavery and retrieve runaways

Western territories Desire laws to protect against Native American attacks Slavery hotly debated – some want it allowed in new

lands, others do not

Why does region matter when studying slavery?

North

North – PA, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME

Warm summers, snowy winters, rocky soil

Textile production, iron and steel, mining, lumberMore people moving to cities, centers of industry and manufacturingSlavery decreasing greatly by 1860

NJ reports 18 slaves on eve of Civil War

South – Chesapeake

Chesapeake - Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, parts of northern N. Carolina Tidewater (coastal areas) – large plantations

Smaller farms inland (piedmont) Main cash crop = Tobacco By 1860 69% white, 31% black

About 60% of black population living in slavery

South – Low Country

Low Country Hot humid climate, long growing seasonIndigo, cotton, rice economyLand similar to West Africaabsentee landowners (slavesleft alone) Better ability to preserve African culture

Close contact with Native Americans

By 1860 54% white, 46% black About 96% of black population living as slaves

South – Mississippi Delta

Mississippi Delta – Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama Hot humid climate, long growing season Plantation economy cotton, sugar cane

and rice – sugar cultivation brutal labor Close contact with Native Americans Caribbean connection (culture, language) By 1860 50% white, 50% black

About 98% of black population living in slavery

Think about… If you had to live in slavery, would you

rather be a slave in the North or the South? Why?

Is it better to be close to your master or farther away?

Where did slaves have the most “freedom”? Where were they able to bond most with family?

For Monday : Finish map!