Differences Between the North and the South

Geography of the North

Geography of the South

Economy of the North

Economy of the South

Transportation in the North

Transportation in the South

Society in the North

• Industrial and urban lifestyle• Stretched from Maine to Iowa• Black Northerners=free, but not equal1. worked as laborers and servants• White Northerners1. Most lived on farms2. Children were expected to help with the harvest3. Cities next to factories and railroad tracks

Society in the South

• Agricultural and rural• Maryland to Florida and west to Texas• Black Southerners1. Small minority were free (had a badge as proof)2. Skilled crafts people or servants3. Slaves=cooks, carpenters, blacksmiths, nurses,

maids/nannies, field hands• White Southerners1. Measured wealth in terms of land and slaves

Abolitionist Movement in the North

• Abolitionist=someone who wants to abolish slavery

• Blacks and whites worked together towards this outcome

• Sometimes peaceful• Sometimes violent

Frederick Douglass John Brown

Abolitionist Movement in the South

• Mostly female• Tried to convince lawmakers slavery was illegal• Spoke out against slave beatings