BELL RINGER answer question AND write down reasoning

1) During the first two decades of the 17th century, all of the following aided in the establishment and growth of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia EXCEPT:

a. The establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses

b. The beginning of tobacco cultivation

c. Good relations with the local Indians

d. Large influxes of supplies and colonists from England

2) What best accounts for the unprecedented population growth of America after 1700?

a. Large families were a utilitarian response to the need for labor.

b. Heavy immigration caused urban growth on the eastern seaboard.

c. Birthrates rose in response to religious exhortations encouraging procreation.

d. Child mortality rates improved due to advances in medicine.

BELL RINGER answer question AND write down reasoning

3) Which of the following statements BEST explains the dramatic increase in African Americans in colonial America between 1730 and 1760?

a. The number of industrial opportunities in New England increased.

b. The number of industrial opportunities in southern colonies increased.

c. Slaves were emancipated throughout the middle colonies.

d. Plantation agriculture expanded in the southern colonies.

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Homecoming Court

• If you want to be considered for nomination on the homecoming court, let me know by the end of class.

• Otherwise I have to pick on my own. Considerations include: – Attitude

– Academic Effort (not necessarily grade)

– Treatment of Peers and Adults

Unit 2 Notebook Check – Contents so Far

1.Unit Outline/Key Terms

2.Bellwork Paper

3.Westward Expansion Notes

4.Industrial Revolution Notes

5.Unit 2 Quiz

6.Social Reform – Graphic Organizer

7.Sectionalism – Graphic Organizer

Making Connections

• How successful were the reform movements in the early 1800’s successful?

– Women’s Suffrage (women’s right to vote)

– Abolition (eliminate slavery)

– Temperance (national sobriety)

• What would have helped make these movements more successful?

Nationalism v. Sectionalism

• Nationalism helped to unite the country.

• Sectionalism divides it.

Sectionalism: being loyal to your own region instead of the entire nation.

North vs. South Refer to pgs. 96-97 as we complete this as a class

North South

Economy –

Geography –

Labor –

Impact of Technology –

How might these differences

create conflict?

North vs. South Refer to pgs. 96-97 as we complete this as a class

North South

Economy - Industrial Agrarian (based on Agriculture)

Human Geography -

Urban Rural

Labor - Discouraged slavery Dependent on slavery

Impact of Technology -

Roads, canals, railroads, and telegraph increased transportation and communication

Eli Whitney’s cotton gin made it possible to grow and process lots more cotton. Increased demand = more cotton farmers = more slavery.

Understanding Antebellum Strategies

• The more members of Congress you had on your side, the better. They are the ones that make laws about slavery.

• If you live in a slave state, you’ll be more likely to have supporters of slavery in Congress.

• If you live in a free state, you’ll be more likely to have opponents of slavery in Congress.

• There was a wealth of new territory on its way to becoming states – would they be slave or free?

What Would You Do? What Do You Think Happened?

You will be given different issues that caused the nation to split apart.

1) One person in the group will read the passage aloud.

2) Your groups can decide what you would have done or what you think would have happened.

3) For each opinion, you must explain your choice.

• Please don’t move until directed

Answer left

side only

MISSOURI COMPROMISE

• Missouri - slave state

• Maine - free state

• Prohibited slavery above the 36’ 30” latitude line

COMPROMISE OF 1850

• CA - free state

• NM and UT territories – residents vote

• DC – can own but not buy/sell slaves.

• Fugitive Slave Act: federal crime to aid runaway slaves & allowed arrest of escaped slaves

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

BLEEDING KANSAS Background:

- Since Kansas was going to base the slavery decision on a vote by the residents, the issue was intensely debated among the people.

What Happened:

- John Brown led a group of men on an attack that dragged five pro-slavery men from their homes and hacked them to death.

- Violence escalated and confrontations continued

“Bleeding Kansas”

Border “Ruffians” (pro-slavery Missourians)

Mural in the Kansas Capitol building by John Steuart Curry (20c)

DRED SCOTT DECISION Background: In 1846, Scott sued for his freedom on the grounds that he had lived in a free state and a free territory for a prolonged period of time. Finally, after eleven years, his case reached the Supreme Court.

SC Decision: Congress never had the right to prohibit slavery in any territory.

(Any ban on slavery was a violation of the Fifth Amendment, which prohibited denying property rights without due process of law.)

RAID - HARPERS FERRY, VIRGINIA

Background: His plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South. What Happened: • U.S. Marines captured Brown

and his followers

• Tried for murder & treason - sentenced to death

• INSANE OR HERO?

LINCOLN/DOUGLAS ELECTION OF 1860

• Democratic Party splits (along North/South lines), allowing Lincoln’s election as president

• Both houses of Congress and the Executive Branch are now in northern hands

The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate) Debates, 1858

A House divided against itself, cannot stand.

1860

Election

Results

1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

Crittenden Compromise Last Appeal to Sanity

Senator John J. Crittenden

(Know-Nothing-KY)

• Last minute appeal to prevent secession of southern states and Civil War

• Compromise failed

Increasing Sectional Tensions

• Missouri Compromise • Compromise of 1850 • North = industry, South = agriculture • North = urban South = rural • technology/transportation

(who has it, who doesn't) • John Brown events • congressional violence • Kansas-Nebraska • Dred Scott • Election 1860

What categories could we fit this evidence into?

Exit Slip – ½ sheet of paper Write a thesis statement for the following question:

To what extent did sectional tensions in the United States increase between 1820 and 1861?

"Sectional tensions between the North and South increased in the early 1800's because of ____, ____, and ____."

Circle your position statement. Underline your categories of evidence.