2. Objective
By the end of the lesson,
students will be able to explain
what the common Southern
perspective was before the Civil
War.
3. Slavery
The people in the South thought they
needed Slavery.
They had huge plantations and they
needed people to work on the farms.
If they had to pay people, they wouldn’t
make any money!
5. Slavery
They felt threatened by the
abolitionists.
The abolitionists worried about the
lives of slaves, but they did not worry if
the southern plantation owners made
money.
8. Slavery!
Southerners didn’t see slavery as a bad thing.
Many Southerners thought that slavery was
good because they gave slaves a place to stay,
food to eat, and in some cases medicine to help
them stay healthy!
Some southerners even wrote stories about
how slaves had free time to socialize, have fun,
and spend time with their families!
10. (Side Note)
QUICK!!!
Just so you don’t start to get brainwashed,
was slavery really like what the Southern
plantation owners tried to make it out to
be!?
NOOO! Why not?
12. Tariffs
A tariff is a tax against companies that
are outside of the U.S. These companies
pay the tax in order to sell stuff in the
U.S.
In the U.S., tariffs made sure that
American made things were bought over
things made other places in the world.
14. TariffsEXAMPLE:
The north could sell tools for $5.00
Other countries could sell the same tools
for $4.00 - but then they had a $2.00 tariff
(tax) - to make it cost $6.00.
What are you going to buy, tools that were
made in the North or the tools made in
other countries?
15. Tariffs
The Southerners got mad
because the Tariffs helped
the Northern factories make
money, but it hurt the South
because things started to
cost more!
16. STATES’ RIGHTS
Southern states did not want the Federal
Government to decide if they can or cannot
have slavery.
Southern states did not want the Federal
Government to put tariffs on things that only
help the North.
SOUTHERNERS THOUGHT THE STATES
SHOULD DECIDE THESE LAWS, NOT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!!!
21. Conclusion
Southerners wanted to have more states’ rights so
they could decide about slavery and tariffs (taxes).
Southerners wanted to keep slavery because they
thought they needed them to work in the fields so
that the plantation could make money.
Some Southerners thought slaves had a good life.
The South thought that the federal government was
not working for them, so they seceded - became
their own country!