United States History Student Edition

Looking Ahead You will learn about the different economies that were developing in the North and the South and how those differences affected society in both regions. You will examine Compelling Questions and develop your own questions about Life in the North and the South in the Inquiry Activity Lessons. You can preview some of the key events and people that you will learn about by reviewing the time line. What Will You Learn? In these lessons about Life in the North and the South, you will learn about • the reasons for the rise of industry in the North. • the economic, social, and cultural effects of industrialization. • the rise of immigration and the growth of cities in the North. • the development of an agricultural economy in the South. • the development of the plantation system and its effects on slavery in the United States. • the conditions faced by enslaved people and the attempts by enslaved people to escape the system. • the changes brought about by a growing social reform movement during this period. ? COMPELLING QUESTIONS IN INQUIRY ACTIVITY LESSONS • How do changes in work and population affect a society? • How does oppression affect individuals and society? • What do the arts reveal about current society?

KEY EVENTS OF LIFE IN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH 1830

1831 Nat Turner leads slave revolt in Virginia 1833 Oberlin College in Ohio is founded; will admit both women and African Americans 1837 John Deere develops the steel-tipped plow

1840

1840s A system of railroads grows in the United States 1840s Famine in Ireland sends large numbers of Irish

immigrants to the U.S. 1844 Samuel Morse successfully tests his telegraph system 1848 The Seneca Falls Convention, advocating for equal rights for women, is held

1850

1854 The anti-immigration American Party is formed

1860

1860 Enslaved people make up about a third of the South’s population

FLORIDA BENCHMARKS

• SS.8.A.4.10 • SS.8.A.4.11 • SS.8.A.4.14 • SS.8.A.4.15 • SS.8.A.5.2 • SS.8.A.5.7

• SS.8.A.4.3 • SS.8.A.4.5 • SS.8.A.4.6 • SS.8.A.4.7 • SS.8.A.4.8 • SS.8.A.4.9

Sequencing Which invention was created first, the telegraph or the steel-tipped plow?

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