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
Table of Contents
• Differences between the North and South
• Changes and conflicts prior to the war
• Election of 1860
• The Confederacy: A Divided Union
Differences
divide the
North and South
North
Lots of people
Jobs in towns and cities
Factories
Change is happening quickly
South
Farming remained popular
Many small farms
Some huge plantations
Rich soil and warm weather
Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin in 1793
Cotton gin removed the seeds
Cotton prepared faster
More cotton to market
faster
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
Election of 1860
Douglas vs.
Lincoln
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
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
South Carolina Seceded
November 6, 1860
Lincoln won the election
December 20, 1860
South Carolina seceded
The ConfederacySix other states followed South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi senator
Became the
president of the
Confederacy
Union Divided
Abraham Lincoln is president
of the North
Jefferson Davis is president
of the South
April 12, 1861 the battle began
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
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