growth of a nation: the war between the states by lorrie felts
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Growth of a Nation:
The War Between the States
By Lorrie Felts
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Table of Contents
• Differences between the North and South
• Changes and conflicts prior to the war
• Election of 1860
• The Confederacy: A Divided Union
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Differences
divide the
North and South
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North
Lots of people
Jobs in towns and cities
Factories
Change is happening quickly
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South
Farming remained popular
Many small farms
Some huge plantations
Rich soil and warm weather
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Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin in 1793
Cotton gin removed the seeds
Cotton prepared faster
More cotton to market
faster
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Demand for cotton
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Demand for more slaves
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Change and Conflict
Western states: free states or slave states
More land to grow cotton
Harriett Tubman and The Underground Railroad
Henry Clay works on compromises
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Election of 1860
Douglas vs.
Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
Tall, thin man from the frontier
Wore plain, dark clothes
Not well known outside Illinois
Slavery: a question of right or wrong
Slavery should not spread
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Stephen Douglas
Heavy, and a foot shorter than Lincoln
Well educated
Wore fine clothes
Serving in the Senate
Well known
Each new state should decide
about slavery
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South Carolina Seceded
November 6, 1860
Lincoln won the election
December 20, 1860
South Carolina seceded
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The ConfederacySix other states followed South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
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Jefferson Davis
Mississippi senator
Became the
president of the
Confederacy
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Union Divided
Abraham Lincoln is president
of the North
Jefferson Davis is president
of the South
April 12, 1861 the battle began
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BibliographyEarly United States: Harcourt Brace Social
Studies (2000).Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace.
Lincoln Lincoln SC Map Davis
Sound Cannon Flags Tent
Douglas Cannons Eli Whitney Background