GeographyoftheUnitedStates,

1790

GeographyoftheUnitedStates,1790

•  Inpartners:1.  Get5differentcolors.2.  Analyzethemapsin“SettingtheStage”onpages142-143in

HistoryAlive!3.  Labelandcolorasdirectedandanswerquestionsonthebackof

yourmapincompletesentences.

GeographyoftheUnitedStates,1790

1.   Labeleachstateonthemap.Whichtwostateshadthelargestpopulations?•  VirginiaandPennsylvaniahadthelargestpopulations.

2.   Locateandlabelthenation’sfivelargestcitiesin1790.Whichcitiesarethey,andinwhichstateiseachlocated?•  Thenation’sfivelargestcitiesin1790wereBaltimore,Maryland;Boston,Massachusetts;Charleston,SouthCarolina;NewYork,NewYork;andPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.

3.   Howmanyofthenation’s24largestcitiesandtownswerelocatedintheSouth?•  Only6ofthenation’s24largestcitiesandtownswerelocatedintheSouth.

4.   AfterCharlestonandBaltimore,howlargeweretheSouth’snext4largestcities?Inwhichstateorstatesweretheylocated?•  TheSouth’snextfourlargestcitieshadpopulationsof2,500to5,000.•  AllwerelocatedinVirginia.

GeographyoftheUnitedStates,1790

5.   CreateaSlavePopulationkeyliketheoneonpage143.Use5differentcolorsandcolorinyourmapaccordingtoeachpercentage.Whatregionofthenationweremostofthesestatesslavelocated?•  ColorGeorgia,Maryland,NorthCarolina,SouthCarolina,andVirginia.

GeographyoftheUnitedStates,17906.   Whichstateshadfewornoslavesintheirpopulations?Inwhichregionofthenationweremostofthese

stateslocated?•  Connecticut,Massachusetts,NewHampshire,NewJersey,NewYork,Pennsylvania,andRhodeIslandhadfewornoslavesintheirpopulations.

7.   Howmanyofthenation’s24largestcitiesandtownswerelocatedinstateswithfewornoslavesintheirpopulations?•  Eighteenofthenation’s24largestcitiesandtownswereinstateswithfewornoslaves.

8.   Inwhichstatesdidslavescountforaboutone-thirdormoreofthestate’spopulation?•  Slaveswereaboutone-thirdormoreofthepopulationinGeorgia,Maryland,SouthCarolina,andVirginia.

9.   CirclethenamesoftheSouthernstateswhosepopulationrankswouldbeaffectedbyasystemthatdidnotcountslavesaspartofastate’spopulation.Howwouldthepopulationrankofeachstatechange?•  CircleVirginia,NorthCarolina,Maryland,andSouthCarolina.•  VirginiawouldfallfromthetopranktothesamerangeasPennsylvania.•  NorthCarolinaandMarylandwouldfallbelowMassachusettsandNewYork.•  SouthCarolinaalsowouldfallinthepopulationrankings.

GeographyoftheUnitedStates,179010.   Whichstateswouldmostlikelysupportasysteminwhichthenumberofvoteseachstatehadinthenation’slegislaturewasbasedonthestate’spopulation?Why?Whichstateswouldprobablyopposesuchasystem?Explainwhy.•  PopulousstateslikeVirginia,Pennsylvania,Massachusetts,NewYork,NorthCarolina,andMarylandwouldlikelysupportsuchasystembecauseitwouldgivethemgreatpowerinthenationalgovernment.

•  Less-populousstateslikeRhodeIsland,Delaware,andGeorgiawouldlikelyopposeitbecausetheywouldhavelittlepowerinapopulation-basedlegislature.

11.   Whichstateswouldmostlikelyopposeaplantoexcludeslavesfromastate’spopulationwhencreatingalegislatureinwhicheachstate’snumberofvotesdependedonitspopulation?Whichstateswouldmostfavorsuchaplan?Explainwhy•  Virginia,NorthCarolina,Maryland,andSouthCarolinahadlargeslavepopulations.Notcountingslavesforseatsinapopulationbasedlegislaturewouldreducetheirpower.

•  Thiswouldindirectlybenefitpopulousstateswithfewornoslaves,likePennsylvania,Massachusetts,andNewYork,whichwouldlikelyfavorsuchaplanforthatreason.

•  Suggestedcompromisesmightincludeatwo-house,population-basedlegislaturewhereslavescountinonehousebutnotintheother,orcountingonlyaportionofastate’sslaveswhendeterminingitspopulation.