City Life vs. Plantation Life

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City Lifevs. Plantation Life

• The North and the South
• before the Civil War

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Where did they live?

• Urban life
• lived on small farms.
• large towns and cities.

• Rural life
• small farms or large plantations.
• small towns.

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Population

• Large population
• In 1850, the North had 16,346,000 people.
• In 1860, 9 of the 10 largest cities were in the
  North.

• Smaller population
• In 1850, the South had 7,083,000 people.

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A Way of Life

• Southerners worked on farms, small towns, and
  large plantations.
• Plantations grew cash crops, like rice and
  cotton.
• Depended on slave labor

• Northerners worked in large factories.
• These jobs brought more people to the North.
• More immigrants from other countries

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A Way of Life

• Factory owners wanted higher tariffs on imported
  goods.
• This would encourage people to buy manufactured
  goods from the North.
• Many railroads

• Plantation owners wanted lower tariffs.
• They wanted to buy from Great Britain, and not
  from the North.
• Goods were less expensive in GB.
• Less railroads

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Way of Life

• Rocky soil, short growing season
• Shipbuilding, commerce
• Used rivers to power factories
• More banks, businesses, schools

• Fertile soil, warm climate
• Cotton gin increased cotton farms
• Used rivers to transport goods
• Very few schools

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Slavery

• Most northern states outlawed slavery.
• In factories, workers put in long hours, under
  difficult conditions, for low pay.
• Most of the free African Americans lived in the
  North.

• Slavery was allowed in the Southern states.
• They grew many cash crops.
• Slavery was profitable to the economy.
• About 1/3 of Southern farmers owned slaves.

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Different Views on Slavery

• Those who opposed slavery were called
  abolitionists.
• Abolitionists felt it was wrong for one human
  being to own another.

• Southern slave owners defended slavery.
• They argued that factories workers were just like
  slaves.

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