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Differences Between the North and the South

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Differences Between the North and the South. Geography of the North. Geography of the South. Economy of the North. Economy of the South. Transportation in the North. Transportation in the South. Society in the North. Industrial and urban lifestyle Stretched from Maine to Iowa - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Differences Between the North and the South

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Geography of the North

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Geography of the South

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Economy of the North

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Economy of the South

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Transportation in the North

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Transportation in the South

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Society in the North

• Industrial and urban lifestyle• Stretched from Maine to Iowa• Black Northerners=free, but not equal1. worked as laborers and servants• White Northerners1. Most lived on farms2. Children were expected to help with the harvest3. Cities next to factories and railroad tracks

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Society in the South

• Agricultural and rural• Maryland to Florida and west to Texas• Black Southerners1. Small minority were free (had a badge as proof)2. Skilled crafts people or servants3. Slaves=cooks, carpenters, blacksmiths, nurses,

maids/nannies, field hands• White Southerners1. Measured wealth in terms of land and slaves

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Abolitionist Movement in the North

• Abolitionist=someone who wants to abolish slavery

• Blacks and whites worked together towards this outcome

• Sometimes peaceful• Sometimes violent

Frederick Douglass John Brown

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Abolitionist Movement in the South

• Mostly female• Tried to convince lawmakers slavery was illegal• Spoke out against slave beatings