Overview

By the 1850s, there was a great deal of wealth in the northern and mid-western states. There was also the promise of much more wealth, as the slogan of the newly formed Republic Party promised: Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men. But the fate of the western territories was hotly contested and it would be the horrific events of the Civil War that would determine their status. What was the situation of these northern states of the eve of succession?
You may do this lesson in conjunction with The Slave Economy of the South.