differences between North and South

Question 1

what was the Missouri compromise line?

significance?

Answer 1

36,30

below this line, slavery was legal and of utmost importance to industry, plantations

Question 2

where did slaves outnumber American settlers?

significance?

Answer 2

South Carolina

showing the extent of the South’s reliance on slavery

Question 3

what state was created in the Missouri Compromise?

significance?

Answer 3

Maine was created out of Massachusetts

this was done to keep the balance between slave and free soil states, thought to be undemocratic by the South

Question 4

what proportion of white males owned slaves?

significance?

Answer 4

19/100

limited difference in their views on slavery as the majority of the South did not own slaves

Question 5

what were the Northern racist views?

Answer 5

they did not want black people in the US and blamed slavery for the high population
they were also against the white slave owners having children with slaves

Question 6

what were the Southern racist views?

Answer 6

black people were property
without slavery, there would be more competition for labour which white settlers deserved

Question 7

how many slaves were working on cotton plantations by 1860?

significance?

Answer 7

3.2 billion

the cotton industry was supplying European factories, this saw the Southern reliance on slavery increase

Question 8

what did these differences lead to?

significance?

Answer 8

sectionalism

each thinking that their ideas and ways of life were superior to the other