1. Events Leading to Civil War
Chapter 16, Lesson 1 AND 2
EQ: Why does conflict develop?

2. Vocabulary: Ch. 16, Lesson 1 and 2
Fugitive
Secede
Civil war
Arsenal
Martyr

3. Conflict over Slavery Missouri Compromise 1820 Kept balance
By 1845 another debate over slavery in the New Territories
Should slavery be banned in the new lands acquired from Mexico?

4. Presidential Election 1848
Martin Van Buren vs. Zachary Taylor
Van Buren (anti-slavery)
Zachary Taylor (pro-slavery)
Zachary Taylor wins presidency!
Whig Party (Zachary Taylor)
Formed against Andrew Jackson
Both anti-slavery and pro-slavery

5. Activity: Events Leading to Civil War
Read Chapter 16, Lesson 1
Explain the Political Conflict Over Slavery (pg )
What is the problem?
How is it resolved?
Create an illustration showing this event
Explain the Problems in Kansas and Nebraska (pg )

6. 1. Slavery Debate 1849 Debate:
California applied to become a free (no slave) state
Anti-slavery groups (abolitionists) wanted to ban slavery in Washington, DC
Southerners wanted a STRONG fugitive slave law—force all states to return runaway slaves
If California entered as a free state—there would be more free states in Congress (balance broken) !!!
Southerners talked about succeeding (leaving) the Union !!!

7. Compromise of 1850 California be a free state
California be a free state
Slavery would not be limited in any new territory
Slave trade banned in Washington, DC
Issue a stronger Fugitive Slave Law

8. 2. Kansas & Nebraska
Lands west of the Missouri River were turned into two territories: Kansas and Nebraska
Both were north of the Missouri Compromise Line that limited slavery—so the two new territories could apply to be free states!

9. Kansas & Nebraska: Slavery or Not?
Southerners did not like that Missouri Compromise (line)
Democratic Senator Douglas Proposed: Settlers in Kansas and Nebraska vote whether to allow slavery—the federal government should not tell them what to do. (popular sovereignty)

10. Bleeding Kansas Pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups go to Kansas.
Pro-slavery men from Missouri crossed the border to Kansas to vote Kansas as a slavery state.
Voting: Kansas becomes pro-slavery.
Many anti-slavery opposed the decision.
They formed their own government.
Fighting (civil war) within the state of Kansas begins.
Many are killed.

11. Activity #1: Reading Guide
Read Reach Ch. 16, Lesson 1
Write and answer questions
Complete the Reading Guide

12. Birth of the Republican Party
Whigs
Democrats
Free-soil (anti-slavery party)
Republican Party= anti-Slavery (North)
Democrat Party = pro-slavery (South)

13. Lincoln and Douglas Debates (1858)
Senator Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat)
Popular
Supported popular sovereignty—people should vote to limit slavery
Abraham Lincoln
(Republican)
Blacks had rights
Slavery was wrong
Gained national reputation
Southerners feared threaten by Republicans

14. 3. John Brown’s Violent Uprising (1859)
John Brown was an abolitionists
He and a group of abolitionists led a raid on Harpers Ferry’s arsenal (place where weapons are stored)
He wanted to arm blacks, and hoped blacks would revolt against their white masters
Did not happened—the raid failed.
Many see John Brown as a martyr

15. Activity #4: Read Lesson 1, Lesson 2, and Lesson 3 (for year 1860)
Create a timeline of the events leading to the Civil War
Explain each event. 5-6 sentence paragraph
Title: Events Leading to Civil War
Years: 1850, 1854,1856, 1857, 1858, 1859,1860