Project Instructions You will be given a cause of the Civil to research, create a google slideshow presentation, and present to the class. Missouri Compromise of 1820 Nat Turner’s Rebellion 1831 Nullification Crisis 1832 Compromise of 1850 Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 Creation of the Republican Party 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 The Dred Scott Decision 1857 John Brown’s raid on Harper Ferry’s 1859 Election of 1860 Formation of the Confederate States of America 1861

Details Your presentation should include the following: 30 Points - Who, What, When, Where, Why 30 Points – Primary Source Analysis 15 Points – Google Slideshow with plenty of visuals (3 side minimum) 15 Points – Presentation/Professionalism 10 Points – Mr. Martin’s Q&A (3 Questions) ---------------------- 100 Points (test grade)

Causes of the Civil War Who: blah blah blah blah blah blah What: blah blah blah blah blah blah When: blah blah blah blah blah blah Where: blah blah blah blah blah blah Why: blah blah blah blah blah blah

Seneca Falls Convention In July 1848 more than 300 men and women assembled in Seneca Falls, New York, for the nation's first women's rights convention

Elizabeth Cady Stanton With Lucretia Mott, she planned the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls (NY)and authored “Declaration of Sentiments” Wrote “Woman’s Bible” which criticized organized religion for subordinating women

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and The Declaration of Sentiments The members of the convention released a document modeled after the Declaration of Independence and it was called the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions. It consisted of a preamble followed by 18 grievances against “men” instead of King George and 12 resolutions. Excerpt from Preamble of Declaration of Sentiments: “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal…” http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/womenssuffrage/

Primary Source Read the excerpt to the class! Document: Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address Excerpt: “With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.” -Abraham Lincoln Analysis: In Lincoln’s second inaugural address, Lincoln emphasized the need for the country to focus on healing the nation instead of punishing the south for seceding from the Union Tell the class the significance of the document.