1. Bell work 2-29-16 Based on your assigned reading and classroom discussions correctly answer the following questions. 1.How did the annexation of Texas cause the Mexican-American war? 2.How did the Mexican-American War cause the Compromise of 1850? 3.How did the Compromise of 1850 cause the Civil War?

2. ATSU: Division

3. Bell work 3/1/15 Read pg. 140 in the textbook “America Pathways to Present” under the heading “Worsening Tensions” and stop reading on page 141 once you reach the heading “Lecompton Constitution”. After reading, rewrite and answer the following questions: 1.What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act? 2.Who were the free-soilers? 3.What was “Bleeding Kansas”? 4.What was the major political differences between the 1856 Presidential candidates? 5.What was the ruling in Scott v. Sandord?

4. The Presidents (Taylor-Pierce) 1.What is the Presidents first and last name? 2.What party did the President belong to? 3.List and describe the major events that occurred during their time in office

5. Lincoln-Douglas Debates Document Analysis Read the document excerpts from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates. After reading each document, answer the questions that correspond to the document

6. Was President Lincoln Racist?  Take a few minutes to discuss this with an elbow partner.  Make sure you have facts to back you up.

7. Continue Causes of Civil War Notes

8. Ch. 1-22 Study Guide Take out notecards from the last test Keep the notecards that you still need. Erase the questions you no longer need.

9. Bell work 3/2/16 Read pg. 142 under the heading “The Election of 1860” and continue reading until you reach the heading “The Lower South Secedes” on pg. 143.  After reading, correctly answer the following questions: 1.Who were the candidates during this election? 2.How many electoral votes did Lincoln win in the South? 3.What percentage of the popular vote did he win? 4.How was this election an immediate cause of the Civil War?

10. Finish Causes of Civil War Notes

11. The Presidents (Buchanan ) 1.What is the Presidents first and last name? 2.What party did the President belong to? 3.What years were they President 4.List and describe the major events that occurred during their time in office

12. 1860 Election Role Play You must: 1.Read the basic ideas of the major candidates of the 1860 Presidential Election. 2.Read the handout for the group or people you were assigned. 3.Answer the guiding questions from the perspective of the people or group you were given

13. Crash Course #18 1.Why does John Green believe slavery started the Civil War? Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not? 2.Why do many believe states rights was the main cause of the Civil War? 3.Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution discusses that slaves are not forever free if they escape into free territory. How did the Fugitive Slave Act expand upon this idea? 4.Why did many black freedmen move to Canada? 5.Why did Stephen Douglas promote the Kansas-Nebraska Act? How did this cause the Civil War? 6.What was the main reason for the formation of the Republican Party? 7.What was the slave power conspiracy? 8.Kansas currently has the Wyandotte Constitution. What was the State Constitution proposed by Kansas by proslavery advocates that was denied by the Federal Government? 9.What was Dred Scott’s argument? What was the ruling made by the Supreme Court? What was the justification Justice Taney used in his op? 10.How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates make Lincoln popular? 11.Why did Lincoln becoming the President Elect in 1860 cause the Civil War? 12.What was the first battle of the Civil War? 13.What was the earliest cause of the Civil War according to John Green?

14. Bell work 3-3-16 Read pg. 144 under the heading “The War Starts” After reading, rewrite and answer the following question: 1.What was the key issue in the dispute over Fort Sumter that led the United States into civil war.

15. Election of 1860 Issues (continued) Take out the handout with the candidates views. Based on the handout answer the following question:  Why would some Northern Republicans support Douglas instead of Lincoln?

16. Civil War Notes

17. Civil War Comprehension Questions Read the packet from the textbook The Americans. While reading answer the corresponding questions. The questions do not all go in order.

18. ATSU: Civil War Fill out the video questions as we watch the episode.

19. Bell work 3/4/16 Take out your notecards