Differences between the North and South before the Civil War
Mapping History
About this Activity
- Created by:Tom Briedis-Ruiz
- Historical Era:Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
- Thinking Skill:Historical Analysis & Interpretation
- Bloom's Taxonomy:Applying
Students will be asked to examine primary source documents and decide whether they fit better in the North or the South in the years leading up to the Civil War.
https://docsteach.org/activities/student/5-differences-between-the-north-and-south-before-the-civil-warDocuments in this activity
- "View in Wall Street from Corner of Broad." New York
- Elias Howe's Sewing Machine
- Abolitionist John Brown
- Anti-Slavery Petition from the Women of Philadelphia
- Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin Patent Drawing
- Fraktur of the Family of Joseph Smead
- Jacob Cook's Original Fugitive Slave Petition and Ownership Documentation: Inventory
- Photograph of African-American Women with Brooms of Bambusa
- Poster circulated in Philadelphia in 1839 to discourage the coming of the railroad
- Railroad repair shops
- Report of Plantation Leased by D. Keaton and Ora O. Kelsea
- Slave Pen-Interior. Alexandria, Virginia
- View of Main Street, Louisville, in 1846