United States History
Term 2 1st Semester
Diverse ways of Life-
Essential questions that you will argue:
Did regional differences shape the United States in the 1800's?
Did religion and reform effect American life?
Americans follow different ways of life depending on where they live.In the
South their was economic opportunity from agricuture.Large plantations of
corn and rice just to mention two forms of agricultural opportunity were
found in the South.Geographic considerations encouraged profit from
agricuture.Slaves became the economic savings for large plantation
owners.Rural lifestyles were the fact of life.In the Northeast you were more
likely to live in a town or city.Manufactured goods dfrom factories provided
economic opportunity.Western pioneers relied almost on themselves.By the
1830's the ways of life between the Northeast and the South diverged even
further.People in the North became interested in the rights of various groups
of people.Literature and art became strong interests of Northern citizens.
In this study students will be able to explain:
1.)What the impact on life from cotton as a cash crop was in the South?
2.)How slavery shaped life in the early 1800's?
3.)What and how reform movements in the nation encouraged many to find their
own "voice"?
Diverse ways of Life-
Essential questions that you will argue:
Did regional differences shape the United States in the 1800's?
Did religion and reform affect American life?
Americans follow different ways of life depending on where they live. In the
South there was economic opportunity from agricuture.Large plantations of
corn and rice just to mention two forms of agricultural opportunity were
found in the South. Geographic considerations encouraged profit from
agricuture.Slaves became the economic savings for large plantation owners.
Rural lifestyles were the fact of life. In the Northeast you were more likely
to live in a town or city. Manufactured goods from factories provided
economic opportunity. Western pioneers relied almost on themselves. By the
1830's the ways of life between the Northeast and the South diverged even
further. People in the North became interested in the rights of various
groups of people. Literature and art became strong interests of Northern
citizens.
In this study students will be able to explain:
1.) What the impact on life from cotton as a cash crop was in the South?
2.) How slavery shaped life in the early 1800's?
3.) What and how reform movements in the nation encouraged many to find their
own "voice"?
Begin with handout “The Slave South”
Step 1.) Complete the getting focused exercise.
Write a response in your notebook to the two questions at the end of
getting focused.
Step 2.) Complete Thinking on your Own in your notebook
Step 3) Begin Reading and as you read take notes for each and every paragraph
on the organizer of your choice-remember to choose the one that works best
for you!!
Step 4) when you get to page 236 use the map to answer these questions:
a. What states produced up to 45 bales of cotton per square mile in 1820? (8)
b. What states produced up to 45 bales of cotton per square mile in 1860? (9)
c.) What states produced more than 45 bales per square mile in 1860? (6)
Using the information from your answers to a, b, and c write a sentence that
summarizes what happened to cotton production from 1820-1860.
Step 5) before reading “Cotton Reshaped ….”Stop and write a bulleted list of
ways that the cotton gin changed the South. Then continue reading and taking
notes as you read .
Step 6) Using the picture on page 236 consider the following:
Large plantations with hundreds of slaves were rare. Most whites in southern
states never owned slaves, and those that did usually owned fewer than ten
slaves. Yet even today, when many people think of the South they picture
homes like the one shown in the drawing on page 236.How do pictures portray
life in the South?
Step7)
Turn the following information into a circle graph.
75 percent of all free Southerners owned no slaves
17 percent owned at least 1 slave but no more than nine
7 percent owned at least 10 slaves but no more than 50
1 percent owned over 50 slaves
Step 8) Continue reading and finish –Return to the concept map you used as
you read. Add as many lines as you can with information from what you read.
Use the information from your notes to write the following argument in five
paragraphs:
Cotton became the South’s leading crop and had an effect on the lives of
those in the South.
