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=Key Terms & People=
 * Eli Whitney
 * cotton gin
 * Francis Cabot Lowell
 * agrarians
 * industrialists
 * plantation
 * Missouri Compromise
 * secession
 * Compromise of 1850
 * Fugitive Slave Law
 * Uncle Tom's Cabin
 * Ostend Manifesto
 * Kansas Nebraska Act
 * Dred Scott Case
 * John Brown's Raid
 * Election of 1860

=Main Ideas=

1. Examine the factors that contributed to the South developing an agrarian society and economy. Research how technology introduced by **Eli Whitney** affected the following:
 * Cotton production?
 * Slavery?
 * Southern Economy?
 * Southern Society?

2. Examine the factors that contributed to the North developing an urban society based on an industrial economy. Research how technology introduced by **Samuel Slater** and **Francis Cabot Lowell** affected the following:
 * Industry?
 * Women?
 * Northern Economy?
 * Northern Society?

3. How were the lives of free blacks in the North similar, yet different than the lives of free blacks and slaves in the South?
 * What freedoms and opportunities did each group have?
 * What laws were put in place to limit the freedom and economic opportunities of free blacks?

4. Analyze the significance of the State's Rights Doctrine, the Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), the Dred Scott Decision (1857), and the election of Abraham Lincoln (1860).

5. Understand the importance of the slavery issue as raised by the annexation of Texas and California's admission to the union as a free state under the Compromise of 1850.

= =  Use the Discussion Tab to post your thoughts and opinions with regards to the essays. =Essays=
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 * In 1850, most Northerners would never have dreamed they would be fighting a war against the South. What factors caused Northern public opinion to change? Identify two of those factors and explain the reasons why it had such a significant impact on the North and its views of the South and slavery(Argument-Reason-Evidence-Refutation format)


 * In 1846 in Missouri, a slave named Dred Scott sued his owner for his freedom in both state and federal court. Scott claimed that he had been living on free soil in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory for more than five years and that in consequence, he was free. The Supreme Court ultimately decided that to make Scott free would be to deprive his owner of property. If the Supreme Court had granted Dred Scott his freedom, what would it have meant for slaves throughout the South? (Argument-Reason-Evidence-Refutation format)
 * A passionate abolitionist named John Brown came up with an interesting scheme in 1857. His plan was to invade the South, liberate the slaves, and create a free state for the ex-slaves. In an attempt to provide slaves with weapons, he attacked an arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and several innocent people lost their lives. Brown was tried for treason and murder, found guilty, and hanged. Was John Brown a murderer or a martyr? Explain your views (Argument-Reason-Evidence-Refutation format)

=Video Resources=

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 * Growth of Industry
 * Cotton is King
 * Southern Culture
 * The Compromise of 1850
 * Uncle Tom's cabin
 * The Ostend Manifesto
 * Kansas-Nebraska Act
 * Dred Scott Decision
 * John Brown's Raid
 * Election of 1860