Students will be learning about the events that increased tensions between the North and the South that led to the Civil War.

We will take this time to discuss tariffs and how they effected the economy and country in 1828 and how they effect us today.

 

Students will also learn about the economic concept of Comparative Advantage. Why did the South focus only on cotton and why did the North and England focus only on manufacturing. We will look at how comparative advantage with cotton the textile industry still works today by following the life of t-shirt.