Good morning! Today you’ll need: Your Major Themes sheet The Paper 1 document sheet and questions from last class on the Compromise of 1850 Any work from your homework reading GQ#2 - Why did the Compromise of 1850 break down so quickly? Source Analysis – Paper 1 Implementing the Fugitive Slave Act
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Texas & Mexican Cession
Compromise of 1850
Debates on the Compromise of 1850 What are the arguments & viewpoints? Why is this so difficult? GQ#2 - Why did the Compromise of 1850 break down so quickly?
Paper 1 Workshop What is the story these sources are telling us? With your group, read your assigned source. OMCL – Focus on the big message. Be prepared to share. New groups Have an academic conversation Share your OMCL work Discuss the overall story that these sources are telling us in the context of GQ#2 Write down your response & be prepared to share.
Paper 1 Part A Read the question carefully. Read the docs – mark them up Historical context – vocab & setting OMCL - reliability One paragraph on similarities One paragraph on differences One paragraph of your own analysis of whether the sources are similar or different and making a final judgment of how much or to what extent the sources agree – answer the question.
Compromise of 1850 CA a Free State UT & NM Popular Sovereignty TX Border Settlement Slave Trade Banned in DC New Strict Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law http://www.pbs.org/video/2319483495/ Why was this such a big deal? How did impact sectionalism?
Harriet Beecher Stowe So this is the lady who started the Civil War. -- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 Sold 300,000 copies in the first year. 2 million in a decade!
Uncle Tom’s Cabin How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin inflame both the North & the South? Identify two ways the documents are similar. Identify two ways they are different. Discuss with your table. Be ready to share. Venn Diagram
Other Effects Impending Crisis of the South Personal Liberty Laws Riots & Fights Slavery as a “positive good”
GQ#2 - Why did the Compromise of 1850 break down so quickly? Vocab List of reasons
Paper 1 Part B Read the question carefully. Mark up the documents P1 - Contextual Knowledge: 1-3 sentences What do you know? Vocabulary? Historical setting? P2 - Analysis of Each Source - POVL How far does each support… In what ways does each support… In what ways does each not support… P3 - Grouping of Sources – Which support the assertion? Which don’t? Ex – Source A & C are similar in that… Ex – Source B & D are similar b/c…However, they disagree that… P4 - Make a final conclusion or argument that answers the question. Show context & evaluation of sources - OMCL