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Agenda 9/25/2018
• Warm-Up
• Notes on Slavery Divides a Nation
• Finish work from yesterday
• Objective: I will understand how Slavery
divided the United States
Warm-Up
• What are some issues that Manifest Destiny
may cause? (think adding more states)
CHAPTER 7Essential Question:
What were the causes and outcomes of the Civil
War and what impact did Reconstruction have
on the nation?
Objectives
1. Identify differences between the North and the South.
2. Describe the Underground Railroad and other forms of
protest against slavery.
3. Explain the political conditions that gave rise to the
Republican Party and divided the Whigs
4. Describe the conflicts that led to secession.
7.1-7.2: The Divisive Politics of Slavery
Differences Between North & South
1. The 2 regions were noticeably different in
their religion and culture.
2. The South, with agricultural economy
relied on slave labor.
3. The North, with diversified industries,
relied less on slavery.
4. Controversy over new states being free
or slave.
Illinois (1818) Alabama (1819)
Indiana (1816) Mississippi (1817)
Ohio (1803) Louisiana (1812)
Vermont (1791) Tennessee (1796)
Rhode Island Kentucky (1792)
New York Virginia
New Hampshire North Carolina
Massachusetts South Carolina
Connecticut Maryland
New Jersey Georgia
Pennsylvania Delaware
Maine (1820)
Iowa (1846)
California (1850)
Michigan (1837)
Wisconsin (1848)
Free
States
Slave
States
Original
13
States
Missouri (1821)
Arkansas (1836)
Florida (1845)
Texas (1845)
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850
1. California became a free state.
2. The rest of the Mexican Cession was divided
into two parts; Utah (UT) and New Mexico
(NM).
3. people in UT and NM used popular
sovereignty to decide on the slavery issue.
4. The slave trade ended in Washington, D.C.
5. The Fugitive Slave Law was passed
• You could be fined and/or
imprisoned for helping a
runaway slave.
Cazenovia, MA, Fugitive
Slave Law Convention held
on 21 and 22 August 1850;
Frederick Douglass is seated
at the right side of the table.
The Fugitive Slave Law
• All Americans, by law, were
required to help catch
runaway slaves.
• This law infuriated
northerners!
Protest, Resistance & Violence
1. Underground Railroad- a secret network of
people who would hid fugitive slaves.
2. Harriet Tubman- “conductor” on the U.R. made
19 trips to the South to free some 300 slaves.
3. Harriet Beecher Stowe- wrote Uncle Tom’s
Cabin.
4. Brought the horrors of slavery into the homes
of many Americans.
5. Increased protests against the Fugitive Slave
Act.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
1. The Nebraska Territory was divided into two
parts: Nebraska (NE) and Kansas (KS).
2. The people of each territory voted on whether or
not to allow slavery. (popular sovereignty)
*The Kansas-Nebraska Act violated the Missouri
Compromise. Both territories were north of 36,30’N and
should NOT have been allowed to have slaves!
Agenda 9/26/2018
• Class Announcements
• Warm-Up
• Finish guided notes
• Civil War timeline notebook activity
• Objective: I will understand how slavery
divided the United States
• Both sides claimed
victory on the vote!
“Bleeding Kansas”
Before the vote on slavery:
• Northerners crossed the
border to keep KS a free
state.
• Southerners crossed the
border to make KS a slave
state.
Sponge• Explain the importance of:
– 1. Popular Sovereignty
– 2. Compromise of 1850
– 3. Fugitive Slave Act
– 4. Bleeding Kansas
– 5. Stephen Douglas
7.2 Conflict Leads to Secession
Dred Scott Facts
1. Scott was a slave from
Missouri.
2. His owner moved to free
territory (WI)
3. His owner died.
4. Scott sued for his freedom. He
claimed that he should be a
free man since he lived in a
free territory (WI) for four
years.
A: NO
SUPREME COURT
DECISIONS:
Q:Was Scott a U.S.
citizen with the right to
sue?
A: NO
Q: Did living in a free
territory make Scott a
free man?
A: NO
Q: Did Congress have
the right to outlaw
slavery in any territory?
• The Missouri Compromise was found to be unconstitutional
and inflamed opposition to slavery.
RESULTS:
• Dred Scott was not given his freedom.
Open to
slavery
through
popular
sovereignty
(Compromise
of 1850)
Open to
slavery
through
popular
sovereignty
(KS-NE
Act)
Missouri Compromise line is declared
unconstitutional (Dred Scott Decision)
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
• In 1858, Abraham Lincoln challenged incumbent
Stephen Douglas for his seat in the Senate.
(Incumbent – the holder of an office or position)
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Douglas believed that
each territory should
be able to decide on
its own whether or not
to allow slavery by
using popular
sovereignty.
Lincoln believed that
slavery was evil and
should be kept out of
the territories.
• Lincoln became well known throughout the nation.
Lincoln – Douglas Debates
Results:
• Douglas won the election by a slim margin.
Harpers Ferry
1. In 1859, John Brown
and his followers
seized a federal
arsenal in Harpers
Ferry, Virginia.
2. Brown was caught
and sentenced to
death by hanging.
3. Was viewed as a
martyr for the
abolitionist
movement.
Election of 1860 – Lincoln won
Secession
1. In response to Lincoln’s victory, the southern
states seceded from the Union in 1861,
forming the Confederate States of America.
2. Jefferson Davis was
named the president of
the Confederacy.
Civil War: Union v. Confederacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roNmeOOJCDY&index=
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