The North and South developed differently from each other. In this lesson you will research why those differences took place as well as what the differences were. Using the articles below, make 4 T-Charts comparing the North in South in the following categories: Geography, Economy, Transportation, and Society.
In your T-Chart make sure to include: physical features, land and climate, crops
Geography in the North | Geography in the South |
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In your T-Chart make sure to include: businesses, agriculture, factories, crops, slavery, and inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Economy in the North | Economy in the South |
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In your T-Chart make sure to include: Steamboats, railroads, canals, shipping goods
Transportation in the North | Transportation in the South |
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In your T-Chart make sure to include: Slavery, Wealthy, workers, influence and power, rank, free blacks
Society in the North | Society in the South |
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Write a 6 paragraph essay tying together everything you learned in this lesson.
Paragraph One: Introduction- The North and South were very different
Paragraph Two: The geography was different...
Paragraph Three: The Economy, or way that people earned a living was different...
Paragraph Four: The way that the North and South transported goods and people was different...
Paragraph Five: Society in the North and South both separated the wealthy from from poor, but they did it in different ways...
Paragraph Six: Conclusion- Review that the North and South were different
Include a bibliography.
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