Bellwork
1. What labor intensive crop was known as Carolina Gold?
A rice
B tobacco
C indigo
D cotton
Answer: A
2 Which European nation was the first to build an empire in
the Americas
A England
B France
C Spain
D The Netherlands
Answer: C
Agenda
January 12, 2015
•  Notes/Discussion: North v/s South
Key Focus:
•  Issues that separated the North from the South
•  Student Group Activity: Graphic on Sectionalism
•  Closure: Ticket out the door
•  Independent Practice: Pretend you are a
northerner or southerner and explain why we
should or should not end slavery
Standard 8-4: The student will demonstrate an
understanding of the multiple events that led to the
Civil War.
Indicator: 8-4.1
Previous/future knowledge:
In grades three and four, students have
learned about the economic conditions
of people in South Carolina, (3-4.1), the
institution of slavery (3-4.2), how the
American Revolution affected attitudes
about slavery and contributed to
abolition in northern states (4-3.4); the
effects of specific legislation and
events on the institution of slavery in
the territories (4-5.5); the contributions
of abolitionists to mounting tensions
(4-6.2); and specific events and issues
leading to the Civil War and secession
(4-6.3).
Focus Statement
Explain the causes
that led to
sectionalism
between the North
and the South
Making Good Decisions
How many of you have lost
friends due to some of the
choices they make?
Quick Review
1.  A system in which the workers were
divided into groups was called Gang
System.
2.  Overseers were always White.
3.  Slaves were never separated from
families.
4.  The system in which slaves had certain
jobs to do was called the task system
Developing Sectionalism
Sectionalism is loyalty to a particular
region or section of a country instead of to
the nation as a whole.
Sectionalism developed in the period after
the ratification of the Constitution as the
economies, cultures and political interests
of the North and the South became more
and more different.
Developing Sectionalism
The different interests of the regions
helped to create the two-party system.
Southerners tended to be DemocraticRepublican followers of Thomas
Jefferson who called themselves
Republicans (8-3.4).
New Englanders tended to be
Federalists (and later Whigs).
The political parties and the regions
increasingly took different positions on the
Developing Sectionalism
Sectionalism intensified as a result of the
growing slave population in the South.
In South Carolina, by the 1720’s, the
black population surpassed the white
population and there was an African
American majority in most Southern
states.
Although the international slave trade was
outlawed in 1808, the numbers of slaves
grew due to higher birth rates and
The Slave Economy & Politics
Sectionalism was furthered by changes in the Northern
economy and politics.
The development of industry in the North attracted European
immigrants to jobs there.
The resulting growth of population allowed the Northern states
to have a larger representation in the House of
Representatives.
Another political party that supported a strong national
government, called the Whigs, emerged to compete with
Democrats, many of whom were southerners, for control of the
presidency and Congress.
Concern over the North’s greater voice in Congress led the
South to compete rigorously for the admission of new states as
slave states in order to maintain the balance of slave and free
states in the Senate.
Standard 8-4: The student will demonstrate an
understanding of the multiple events that led to the
Civil War.
Indicator: 8-4.1
Previous/future knowledge:
In grades three and four, students
have learned about the economic
conditions of people in South Carolina,
(3-4.1), the institution of slavery
(3-4.2), how the American Revolution
affected attitudes about slavery and
contributed to abolition in northern
states (4-3.4); the effects of specific
legislation and events on the institution
of slavery in the territories (4-5.5); the
contributions of abolitionists to
mounting tensions (4-6.2); and specific
events and issues leading to the Civil
War and secession (4-6.3).
Focus Statement
Explain the
causes that led
to sectionalism
between the
North and the
South
RoundRobin
Discuss with your group what issues
divided the north and the south and
why?
Guided Practice
Developing Sectionalism: North v/s South
Students will work in groups
Students will read and annotate their notes
After annotating notes, students will create
a chart, comparing and contrasting the
North and the South
Each group will share their responses
Teacher Model: Guided Practice
Developing Sectionalism
Sectional differences first developed in the colonial period as a result of the different
geographies of the regions. Farms in the North were generally small and hard to
work. The growing season in the North was short and the soil was thin and rocky. The
farms of the South were often large, and with slaves, easy to work. The South had a
longer growing season due to its warm climate. Therefore the North developed as a
trading region of small farms and the South developed the plantation system.
Although all regions had slavery prior to the American Revolution, after the war was
over, Northern states passed laws to gradually emancipate their slaves. The North
was against slavery in some cases based on religious reasons. There was also no
economic need for slaves in the North. The South needed slaves to work their rice
and cotton plantations. The invention of the cotton gin led the South to become even
more economically dependent upon slave labor.
Issues
Agriculture
I Do : North
WE Do: South
Issue
North
South
Guided Practice:
Developing
The farms in the South were often ver
The farms
in the North were small Sectionalism
Agriculture
Industrialization
Attitude toward slavery
Transportation
Politics
and generally hard to work. The
growing season was short.
large and, with slaves, easy to work.
The growing season was long.
The North was the more industrial of
Little industrialization; mainly
the two. The people there turned to
agricultural region.
trade, banking, and shipping.
Immigrants provided source of cheap
labor.
The North was against slavery for
religious reasons and because there
was no economic need for slaves
there.
The South needed the slaves to
work their rice and cotton
plantation.
Steamboats carried passengers and
freight on canals and rivers. Turnpikes Canals were built, and steamboats
traveled on the major rivers. Some
improved land transportation, and
turnpikes and railroads built.
railroads began to be built.
Tended to be Federalists (later
called Whigs)
Had greater representation in the
House of representatives
Democratic- Republicans (called
themselves Republicans)
South competed rigorously for
the admission of new states as
slave states
Talk To Me Radio Station
We’ve heard that there is a major dispute
going on between the north and the south.
We need some callers from the two areas to
phone in and tell other areas what is going on.
Explain why there are tensions between the
two areas
How do you feel about this issue? Why?
I will take the first caller now…………..
(write responses on note card)
Independent Practice
Pretend that you are either a northerner
or a southerner.
Give your opinion on if we should or
should not end slavery.
Materials Needed
SC Standards
Text book
Informational Text
Document Camera/Promethean Board
PowerPoint
Teacher Created Notes
Teacher Created Graphic Organizers
Study Guides/Test