Warm Up How did Manifest Destiny impact the Civil War? What was a previous compromise between the North and South that tried to deal with the issue of slavery?

The Slavery Issue The practice of slavery threatened to destroy the United States. Northern voices called slavery barbaric, while Southern voices claimed slavery an economic necessity.

Main causes of the Civil War Slavery Constitutional Disputes Economic Differences -Banking -Tariffs -Internal Improvements Political Blunders

Nat Turner Rebellion (1831) - This bloody rebellion led by a Virginia slave resulted in new laws forbidding the education of slaves, and further restricting their rights. http://www.history.com/videos/nat-turners-rebellion#nat-turners-rebellion

Events that were the proverbial “straw that broke the camel’s back” Causes of the Civil War Events that were the proverbial “straw that broke the camel’s back”

Missouri Compromise Created in 1820 by Henry Clay Compromise was designed to keep an equal number of slave states and free states Ultimately Missouri comes in as a slave state and Maine is a free state Key slogan is “36° 30‘ “ line

Compromise of 1850 Abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia Create the Fugitive Slave Law California as a free state Organized the territories of Utah and New Mexico without restrictions on slavery

Bleeding Kansas Popular Sovereignty- the political doctrine which provided for the settlers of federal territorial lands to decide the status (free or slave) under which they would join the Union. Pro-slavery and anti-slavery fought over the right to have slavery in the territory.

Preston Brooks vs. Charles Sumner (1856)

Review from yesterday What were the two parts of the Missouri Compromise? Missouri=slave Maine =Free/36°30’ line Why was the Missouri Compromise doomed to fail? More territory in the North than the South What were the Four aspects of the Compromise of 1850? 1. No slave trade in DC 2. Fugitive Slave Act 3. Cali=Free State 4. Slavery fine in Utah and NM

Which territories were permitted to vote on the issue of slavery? Kansas-Nebraska What do we call this term? Popular Sovereignty What was the result? Bleeding Kansas Who was the Senator that beat Charles Sumner with his cane? Preston Brooks

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) ". . . . . . We think they [people of African ancestry] are . . . not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word "citizens" in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States. . . ." — Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, speaking for the majority  

John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry--1859 Led a group of people in a raid against a federal arsenal and he failed In the North he became a hero. The event led to a growing distrust between the two sides.

Election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln won the close election. He was a northerner who was opposed to the spread of slavery in to the new territories. He was elected even though he won no southern states. South Carolina secedes in Dec. 1860

You better accomplish the following: Grab a textbook and a review book and in your notes accomplish the following: Tell me what Lincoln’s primary goal was when the Civil War began Make a T Chart in your notes List the advantages the North had at the start of the Civil War List the advantages the South had at the start of the Civil war

North Population- 21.5 million people Factories- 110,100 Miles of railroad- 21,700 Bank Deposits- $207 million Cotton Production- 4,000 bales (each bales weighs 500 lbs)

South Population- 9 million (3 million slaves, 6 million free people) Factories- 20,600 Miles of railroad- 9,000 Bank Deposits- $47 million Cotton Production- 5 million bales