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Hillcrest High School: The Colonies Come of Age: The Commercial North [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from a history text that looks at the Northern colonial economy, colonial town life, the immigrant groups who settled there, slavery in the North, the role of women, the Salem witchcraft trials, and the influence of the...
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Article
University of Virginia

Virginia Center for Digital History: United States Expansion, 1800 1860

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay that looks at issues affecting Americans leading up to the Civil War. These included economic changes that led to new ideological, social, cultural, and political issues that further divided the nation along moral and regional...
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Mr. Kash's History Page: Comparing and Contrasting the North and South

For Students 9th - 10th
Chart showing the differences between the North and the South in the United States in the mid-1800s. Students are asked to copy the information and to write a paragraph explaining the differences.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War: North and South: Different Cultures, Same Country

For Students 9th - 10th
The Civil War that raged across the nation from 1861 to 1865 was the violent conclusion to decades of diversification. Gradually, throughout the beginning of the nineteenth century, the North and South followed different paths,...