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STEPPING STONES TO THE CIVIL WAR
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PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
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California wants to enter the union after gold is discovered It destroys the delicate balance
Henry Clay works on a new compromise Vocab: Fugitive: Someone who is running from the law 2
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THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
California is admitted as a Free state Other Territory can become a slave state Texas is reduced in size No Slave trade in Washington D.C.
Fugitive slave law – Owners can track down their slaves if they runaway.
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Slaves = property like a horse What about this would the north like? What would the south like?
The north would like ____________becasuse_________________. The south sould like _________________because__________________-.
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HOW IS IT PASSED
Zachary Taylor is the President and hates slavery = veto because of the fugitive slave act.
He dies and Millard Fillmore is the new Pres. He loves Henry Clay (who designed the compromise) and passes it Calhoun says there is no way the South can stay in the Union Why does Calhoun state that the south cannot stay in the union?
Calhoun states that the south cannot stay in the union because____________________________________________ _______________.
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THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT (1854)
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Makes the new law Popular Sovereignty (people choose) How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act abolish the Missouri Compromise?
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Stephen Douglas writes the Kansas-Nebraska Act
It changes the Missouri Compromise (NO slaves in La purchase territory) The Kansas-Nebraska Act abolished the Missouri Compromise by________________________________________________ ___________. 7
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The citizens in each area of the Kansas –Nebraska territory get to choose whether they want to become a slave or free state.
People pour into the area to swing the voting in their favor
This event leads to “bleeding Kansas”
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• CFU • • • • • Which of the following acts repealed part of the Missouri Compromise?
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the Fugitive Slave Act B.
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the Kansas-Nebraska Act the Compromise of 1850 the Indian Removal Act • • • • • Stephen Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. This act opened the area of Kansas and Nebraska to which of the follow ing people?
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anti-slavery groups only B.
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Native Americans only pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups pro-slavery groups only • • • • • Which of the following was an attempt to maintain an equal balance between free states and slave states?
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the Homestead Act B.
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the Missouri Compromise the Alien and Sedition Acts the Treaty of Ghent 9
Compromise of 1850
PROS CONS
Kept the war from happening.
Fugitive Slave Act
Temporary fix.
Kansas-Nebraska Act 10
• • • • • • • • • • A letter to the editor is a statement of your opinion on an issue about which you feel strongly. Choose the event that you believe pulled the nation furthest apart in the mid 1800s: the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act, or the Kansas-Nebraska Act. On a separate sheet of paper, write a letter to the editor of a nation-wide newspaper called The National about that event. Your letter should be written from the time period of your event and should have an appropriate date (depending on the event) include your (fictitious) name and where you live.
be at least two paragraphs long.
• • briefly describe the event in one or two sentences.
• explain why you believe this event pulled the nation apart and will eventually led to civil war.
be free of grammatical and spelling errors.
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SKILL
• • You do As a group come up with one pro and one con.
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RELEVANCE
• • What do all three of these things eventually lead to? Why?
These events eventually lead to the ____________________ because__________________________.
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CLOSURE
• • Summarize what you learned today.
Today I learned__________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________.
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PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
• • • • The country is on the brink of a war. Northern states can’t abide slavery and Southern states can’t be without it. This impasse leads to violence.
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• • • What do you see in the picture?
What does it mean?
The picture means___________________________________________________ 16
BLEEDING KANSAS
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Border Ruffians – South and pro-slavery
Both rush into the territory Riots and violence break out and both sides are beating and killing one another
Jayhawkers – North and anti-slavery
What lead to “Bleeding Kansas”?
Bleeding Kansas was caused by ______________because_______________________.
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John Brown – believes it is his mission to kill slave
owners.
Hacks a group of slave owners up with knives He leads a rebellion at Harpers Ferry and kills 4, he is also captured and hung
North views as a hero South views as a murderer
Further divides the Nation Why is this important?
John Brown is important because_________________________________________ ______________________________-.
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OTHER MAJOR ISSUES THAT DIVIDE THE COUNTRY
• • • • Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) – novel about slavery urged against it
Dred Scott case (1857) – Slaves were property with NO rights. They can be taken
anywhere the Master goes.
What would the south think about this decision? What would the north think? What do you think?
The south would think______________ because _____________________. The north would think _____________because____________________________. I think _______________________because________________________.
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REPUBLICANS
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The Whig party died because it would not take a stand on slavery Republicans arose to forcefully oppose slavery in 1854
Most notably Abraham Lincoln would become the first Republican President The South hates this 22
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THE SUMNER BROOKS INCIDENT (1856)
Charles Sumner – anti slavery, Republican who gives a speech against slavery
Attacked congressman Butler for his pro slavery stance Compared slavery to prostitution Butlers cousin Preston Brooks was unhappy with the speech 24
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Preston brooks entered congress and approached Sumner
When Sumner began to stand he beat him senselessly
Sumner could not return to congress for 3 years
Republicans waved his “bloody shirt” against slavery and the violent south.
How did this incident help the north and hurt the south?
This incident helped the North and hurt the South because_________________________________________________________________ ____________________.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
• • • • • A Republican Senator Runs for President in 1860
Wants to stop the spread of slavery
“A house divided cannot stand” = the country is very divided over slavery He did not say he was going to end slavery, only stop it from spreading 28
• • • He Wins the Election The South Seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860 and formed the Confederate States of America The Civil War breaks out on April 12, 1861, just after Lincoln officially takes office 29
• • • • • • • • • • • • war.
• A letter to the editor is a statement of your opinion on an issue about which you feel strongly. Choose the event that you believe pulled the nation furthest apart in the mid-1800s: the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Election of Lincoln, or the Sumner Brooks Incident , . On a separate sheet of paper, write a letter to the editor of a nation-wide newspaper called The National about that event. Your letter should be written from the time period of your event and should have an appropriate date (depending on the event) include your (fictitious) name and where you live.
be at least two paragraphs long.
briefly describe the event in one or two sentences.
explain why you believe this event pulled the nation apart and will eventually led to civil be free of grammatical and spelling errors.
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• • October 1, 1860 My name is Jethroe Williams and I live in Washington DC. I believe the event that pulled us the furthest apart was the Compromise of 1850 which allowed California to come in as a free state. This disrupted the Delicate Balance and allowed abolitionist supporters to elect Abraham Lincoln who opposed slavery. The whole war was caused by slavery, no matter which way one looks at it, all the problems that one faced stemmed from this evil practice. Some may say that it was a fight against an oppressive National government. However, would any one of these actions have happened without slavery? Therefore, I strongly argue that the cause of this war is slavery and the Compromise of 1850 is the primary event that prompted the bloodiest War in the history of the US with more than 700,000 dead Americans.
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WE DO
• • Pick an event that you think pulled the nation the farthest apart.
Write it on your whiteboard.
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RELEVANCE
• • • • Without these events the war would never have happened.
The war lead to the end of slavery Can you think of another reason it is important?
I believe_______________ is the most important because_______________________________________________.
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CLOSURE
• • Summarize what you learned.
Today I learned__________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________.
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