Antebellum Period

In what section of the country would one most likely find the factory system in the middle 1800's?

• South

• North

• West

• Midwest

What was the primary labor force in the Southern states during the Antebellum period?

• Free laborers

• Enslaved people

• Immigrant workers

• Women and children

What impact did slavery have on the population of the American South?

• In all southern states, African Americans composed at least half of the population.

• In some southern states, African Americans composed a majority of the population.

• Many immigrants moved to the South to work as overseers on plantations.

• Many wealthy, white landowners abandoned their lands and migrated north.

Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What is one conclusion you can draw about the impact of slavery in the South?

• The northern economy was primarily based on industry and skilled laborers in factories and mills.

• Plantation owners relied heavily on water transportation to ship crops to northern cities and foreign countries.

• The southern economy was based on large scale agriculture that required a large labor source. i.e. slaves

• There was a large number of slaves in southern states; therefore, schools were needed to educate slave children.

Why did the economies of the North and South develop differently?

• Climate/ Geography

• Supply/Demand

• Rich soil/Warm climate

• Coastal Plains

What were the economic and social differences between the North & South?