Causes of the Civil War Chapter 10

Review your Knowledge Review your notes/Textbook/ and brain to explain how each of the following contributed to either spreading or limiting slavery in the United States. Work Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Louisiana Purchase (1803): Missouri Compromise (1820): American Anti-Slavery Society (1833): Manifest Destiny: Texas Annexation (1845): Mexican American War (1846-1848), Wilmot Proviso 1846 Compromise of 1850

Compromise of 1850 Terms California admitted as a Free State Utah and New Mexico granted Popular Sovereignty Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute resolved Sale of Slaves banned in DC, but slavery still allowed Fugitive Slave Act becomes more strictly enforced

Fugitive Slave Act Extremely harsh terms Statement by a slave owner all that was required to have a slave returned Federal Commissioners received $10 for returning a slave Helping a fugitive $1,000 fine or six months jail time

Fugitive Slave Law “A black man may be carried away without any reference to a jury. It is only necessary to claim him, and that some villain should swear to his identity. There is more protection there for a horse, for a donkey, or anything, rather than a colored man.”

Fugitive Slave Act

Personal Liberty Laws Nine northern states passed these to forbade the imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed that they would have jury trials. Trials lasted a long time to drag out expenses of slave catchers Canada safe haven for runaway slaves

Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin Born 1811 in Connecticut into prominent religious reform family. Father and brother both highly respected preachers Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio a free city bordering slave state of Kentucky Hatred of slavery grew, felt called to write to bring attention to abolitionist cause. I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation- Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published officially in 1852 as a novel, by 1853 had sold more than a million copies. First chapters of novel originally released in abolitionist newspaper Book’s message on the moral struggle of slavery was able to reach the masses Praised in the North and rebuked in the South for being unfairly critical to the South. “So is this the little lady who made this big war?”- Abraham Lincoln

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFy4RjYGbQ Questions How did the death of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s son lead her to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin? 2. According to the video what did Uncle Tom’s Cabin do for many white Americans?

Harriet Tubman and Underground Railroad Underground Railroad-secret network organized by white abolitionists and free African Americans Conductors-those who hid runaway slaves provided them with supplies and helped escort them to safety Underground Railroad became more widespread but also increasingly risky as a result of fugitive slave act Travel was extremely dangerous, relied on North Star for direction to traverse through swamps and forests

Harriet Tubman and Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman born Araminta Harriet Ross in 1822 in Maryland Born into slavery “Grew up like a neglected weed” 1849 successfully ran away and made it to the North Returned to the South to help slaves escape between 8-19 times.

Harriet Tubman video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmsNGrkbHm4 What medical condition did Harriet Tubman suffer from? Why did Harriet Tubman not help her husband escape to the North? Where did Harriet Tubman live between 1851-1857? After the Civil War what did Harriet Tubman dedicate her life to in South Carolina? In what year did Harriet Tubman pass away?

Harriet Tubman Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTaa_LdMwME Why was Harriet Tubman chosen to be on the $20 bill? When is the Treasury Department's target release date for the new $20 bill? How will the $10 and $5 bills honor American women in the future? Why do you think Andrew Jackson was chosen to be removed from the front of the $20?