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Published on Mar 21, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE NORTH

  • Towns and cities popped up around commercial centers
  • Early public education available for kids
  • Culture was still based on puritans ideas

THE SOUTH

  • Culture based on agriculture and strict class structure
  • Few immigrants since jobs were scarce
  • Slaves contributed greatly cause of the great volume of them

THE WEST

  • Belief in strong individualism
  • Northwest reflected New England culture
  • Northwest reflected New England culture while southwest reflected more southern ideas

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE NORTH

  • Most states outlawed slavery by 1830
  • Not allowed to vote
  • Very few job opportunities

AFRICANS IN THE SOUTH

  • Most African Americans were slaves
  • Freedmen lived in the cities where they could work as artisans
  • Conditions of life often depended on location master