American Civil War: North vs. South - PDF

## How Can War Be Civil? How can war be civil? Since the days of the American Civil War, this question has been asked. The two words together seem like an oxymoron. The word civil has two meanings. First of all, it can mean polite in a way that is very formal. However, it also can mean to have to d...

## How Can War Be Civil? How can war be civil? Since the days of the American Civil War, this question has been asked. The two words together seem like an oxymoron. The word civil has two meanings. First of all, it can mean polite in a way that is very formal. However, it also can mean to have to do with what happens within a country. One might refer to a good citizen as a civil servant. The phrase civil war means a war within a country. There are civil wars happening right now in different countries around the world. The American Civil War was not the first civil war either. England had its own civil war from about 1640-1660. | Southerners called it... | Northerners called it... | | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | - The War Between the States - Mr. Lincoln's War - The War of Southern Independence - The War in Defense of Virginia - The War of Northern Aggression | - The War of the Rebellion - The War of Southern Rebellion - The War to Save the Union - The War for Abolition | Unscramble the letters below to find out another name for the American Civil War: **het aWr etweben teh tatess** Answer: The War between the states **WORD DEFINITION** oxymoron: two words together that have opposite meanings – like freezer burn ## North Vs. South At the time of the Civil War, the North and South had different economies. The economy in the northern part of the United States was industrialized. The economy of the Southern part of the United States was agricultural and relied on slave labor. Label the scenes representing the economy of the North with an "N." Label the scenes representing the economy of the South with an “S.” The image shows a set of hand-drawn images demonstrating the economic activity of the north and south in the 1860s. These images are labeled 1 - 5. The instructions say to label the images with an N or an S to indicate whether the economic activity depicted is that of the North or the South. Image 1: Depicts a factory with at least two buildings and a train line running in front. Is a factory shown in an industrial zone. Image 2: Depicts a fenced in farmland with cattle roaming the field. Image 3: Represents a farm or plantation. Has a house and a carriage on the drive way. Image 4: A field of growing crops. Image 5: A store front with the word store written above. The Civil War was the North versus South, right? Yes, but war is not quite that simple. There were some Northerners who believed in states' rights! There were some Southerners who were opposed to slavery! ## A Nation Divided The West was beginning to open up for new settlement. Many territorial leaders dreamt of statehood. The question was whether or not these states would be slave states or free states? Southern states felt threatened. If there were more free states than slave states, Southerners feared that slavery would be abolished. That would mean disaster for Southern economies! Northerners also felt threatened. Businesses could make more money using slave labor than paying for workers. Working-class families would not be able to make a living in new states if slavery was allowed. The image shows a color-coded map of the USA in 1861. States are marked as free states and territories, slave states or undecided territories. To the left of the map is an image of a traditional compass, marking north (N), north east (NE), East (E), South east (SE), South (S), South west (SW), West (W), North west (NW). After looking at the map, answer the questions below! 1. Which states on the map were in favor of slavery and secession? 2. Which states were in favor of abolition and preserving the Union? 3. How many undecided territories were there in 1861? 4. How many free states and Territories were there in 1861? 5. How many slave states were there in 1861? **WORD DEFINITION** secession: to pull away from; to leave