UNITED STATES HISTORY
NORTH / SOUTH COMPARISON ESSAY
Write a well-detailed essay that compares and contrasts life in the North to life in the South prior to the Civil War. Use the following outline to help you understand what should be put in each section of your essay:
I. Introduction
a. Explain what your essay will be about without using the phrase “I will”
II. Describe the economy of the North
a. Describe the Industrial Revolution
b. Describe how factories were developed in the North
c. Explain the labor system of factory workers in the North
d. Write about the transportation system that developed in the North
e. Explain any Northern inventions that changed their lives
III. Describe the economy of the South
a. Explain why cotton became so important to the South’s economy
b. Explain how the cotton gin changed the South
c. Describe any industry the South had
d. Describe Southern society and the labor system on the Southern plantations
e. Write about the transportation system in the South
IV. Describe how the North and South were similar and different
a. Analyze how the North and South were the same in any ways
b. Describe how the North and South were different in any ways
V. Summary
a. Evaluate what your essay has shown and give your opinion about the similarities and differences of the North and South