Good morning! Please get out your work from last class and any notes you may have from the homework. You’ll need one sheet of paper for a short quiz.

Quiz Briefly answer one of the following questions: Explain one of the conflicts that arose as the US expanded into the West?  Explain Thomas Jefferson’s quote about the wolf.  How did the Missouri Compromise attempt to deal with the problem?

Unit 1 Intro: Why do we fight? Major Themes Sheet - Origins of the US Civil War. Bridging the Gap between AP & AICE How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period? Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South. What do we already know?

Document Analysis How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period? Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South.

So what? What is the story that these documents tell? How can we use them to address the questions? Q1 - How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period? Q2 - Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South. Best responses from each table – be prepared to share!

Bridging the Gap, Continued… US Government Basics Slavery US Expansion to 1840s

I. US Government in Three Minutes Q1 - How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period? I. US Government in Three Minutes How was conflict set up in the structure of the US Government? What kind of government do we have & why does it matter? Unitary vs. Confederal vs. Federal

US Government Articles of Confederation 1781-1789 US Constitution 1789 – a federal system

I. US Government in Two Minutes Q1 - How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period? I. US Government in Two Minutes How was conflict set up in the structure of the US Government? What kind of government do we have & why does it matter?

II. Slavery What else stands out to you? Q1 - How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period? Q2 - Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South. https://www.google.com/search?q=crash+course+slavery&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&safe=active&surl=1&gws_rd=ssl What else stands out to you?

III. United States Expansion & Conflict through Maps Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South

Timeline of Expansion 1740, 1783, 1803-04, 1819, 1820, 1845, 1846, 1848, 1853…

American Colonies 1740

United States 1783

United States 1783

1803

1804

1819

Missouri 1819: What’s the big deal? Free states (11) vs. Slave states (11) Balance of power US Senate Increasing opposition to slavery in North Increasing defense of slavery in South

Missouri Compromise 1820

Missouri Compromise Henry Clay – “The Great Pacificator” The terms Missouri admitted as a slave state Maine created as a free state 36’ 30” Line of Latitude Significance?

Fun with POVL “…but this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror.  I considered it at once as the knell of the Union.  It is hushed indeed for the moment, but this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence.  A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.” Thomas Jefferson, 1820

Exit Ticket Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South.