Week 15: Industry vs. Agriculture

The Northern states and the Southern states disagreed about ______________________.

• how they made money

• taxation

• slavery

• all of the above

The Southern economy depended on_______________. (Check all that apply)

• factories

• slave labor

• tools and manufactured items from the North

• big cities

• agriculture

The Northern economy depended on ____________________. (check all that apply)

• factories

• slave labor

• immigrants

• agriculture

• roads and railroads

Northerners wanted (a)   (taxes on imported goods) to pay for their roads and railroads.

Southerners liked the use of tariffs to raise money for roads and railroads.

• true

• false

Which are true about enslaved people in America in the 1800s?

• work was very hard

• had the same freedoms as others

• were treaty badly

• families were broken apart

• could read and write

How did most Northerners feel about slavery?

• They wanted to abolish (get rid of) slavery everywhere in the US

• They thought it was one of the most important parts of the economy.

How did most Southerners feel about slavery?

• They wanted to abolish (get rid of) slavery everywhere in the US.

• They thought slavery was one of the most important parts of the economy.