Day 66: Renewing the Sectional Struggle Baltimore Polytechnic Institute December 7, 2016 A/A.P. U.S. History Mr. Green

Renewing the Sectional Struggle Objectives: The students will be able to analyze the factors that led to the American Civil War by evaluating the decisions of the government on the issue of slavery. AP Focus Not content with the land gained from Mexico, southerners look to Central America and the Caribbean for possible slave states. Central America is also seen as an ideal location for a canal connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, a project a future generation will undertake. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, orchestrated by Senator Stephen A. Douglas for political as well as personal reasons, further polarizes the nation. Northerners conclude that, with popular sovereignty, there will be no limitations placed on the expansion of slavery.

Chapter Focus Chapter Themes In the 1850s, American expansionism in the West and the Caribbean was extremely controversial because it was tied to the slavery question. Commercial interests guided American foreign policy in Asia and contributed to sectional tension within the United States, as regions tried to secure the terminus to a transcontinental railroad.

Announcements Election Charts 1852, 1856, 1860, 1864 are due next week.

Drill “at once the worst and the best Bill on which Congress ever acted”….[for it] “annuls all past compromises with slavery, and makes all future compromises impossible. Thus it puts freedom and slavery face to face, and bids them grapple. Who can doubt the result?” Charles Sumner, Massachusetts Senator describing the Kansas-Nebraska Bill

Independent Reading In your row, you will read the assigned reading, paying particular attention to the position of the author. Identify the position of the author and the subsequent evidence to support his position. You may use the textbook for assistance. NO PRDs. Thank you!!!!!!!!!

Wrap-up How did the arguments of these primary sources help to contribute to the American Civil War?