EQ: How did states’ rights have an impact on Georgia and the beginning of the Civil War?PT:*What conditions caused the North to develop an economic base different from the South? *Why were Northern cities larger and more populated than Southern cities?

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A Nation Comes Apart- Economic Differences:

- early 1800s the North & South had different economies due to environmental factors

Northern states - turn to industry with the

invention of the steam engine & factory system

North – the rocky soil & cold climate meant farming could not be used as a main source of income

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- Advantages for Northern industry

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-Swift rivers provided power to run the mills and factories

- natural harbors made foreign trade possible

South had a warmer climate & fertile soil allowing the creation of an agrarian (agricultural) economy

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Southern Economy

• tobacco, cotton, corn, rice, & indigo were the first cash crops for the South

• The invention of the cotton gin allowed cotton to become the primary cash crop

• Slavery was a key component for the success of large scale crop production.

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-Led to growth of cities-Large exports of finished goods diversification of commerce

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-people became interdependent for survival example: a butcher provided meat to his customers-citizens demanded more from government such as police and fire departments

Effects of Agricultural EconomyWrite

-self-supportive; independentExample: raised own food -did not want government involvement-relied heavily on importing finished products from North and outside countries.

Dividing Forces Write

• Missouri Compromise• Compromise of 1850• State’s rights• Popular Sovereignty• 1860 presidential

election• slavery

This sectional approach to national policy was evident on the issues of:

- tariffs- state rights- settling the West- slavery

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