The South had a warm climate.

The South had many yeoman farmers.

The South fought for states' rights.

The South had a lot of textile factories.

Plantation owners in East Tennessee produced cotton without having to use a cotton gin.

Memphis was located on the Mississippi River.

Yeoman farmers in Middle Tennessee produced a lot of cotton.

Memphis had a large textile manufacturing industry.

West Tennessee was the richest cotton-producing region in the state.

They worked their own land which was valued in a rural society.

They worked other people’s land and were more numerous than other groups.

They owned the most agricultural property and slaves.

They controlled the large manufacturing industries in the South.

Southerners supported elected representatives who fought for states’ rights.

Industrialization increased in the North and slavery decreased.

Northerners supported elected representatives who fought to prevent the spread of slavery in the West.

Abolitionists fought to increase slavery in the North.

Industrialization increased in the South and enslaved people were used in the factories.

to maintain a system of slavery

to provide slaves a chance at freedom

to prevent expansion of slavery to western states

to establish different types of slavery

by creating music, folklore, and strong bonds within family and community

by supporting states’ rights rather than federal law

by working for abolition of slavery through the courts

by fighting for laws such as slave codes to protect them

to fight for slave codes

to resist being sent to the West

to resist bondage

to fight against house slaves

The South prevented expansion of slavery to the West.

The South passed stricter slave laws.

The South stopped supporting states’ rights.

The South abolished slave codes.