1. December 7th, 2009: The Civil War
What do you know about the American Civil War? If you do not know anything, look at the image and describe what you see.

2. These Images Are Related….WHAT?

3. Civil War Was… Brother against Brother Not only about slavery
The first, and only, war found on U.S. soil
A war of two Americas

4. Before the War Slavery: Three-Fifths Compromise:
In 1808 the slave trade (new slaves) was banned in the United States.
In 1820 a serious discussion about new western states and slavery developed.
Three-Fifths Compromise:
A compromise in 1787 that stated all slaves would count as 3/5 of a person for taxes and Congressional representation.

5. Missouri Compromise: Hartford Convention:
In 1820, two states were added to the United States to balance Slave vs. Non-Slave state powers.
Missouri was a slave state and Maine was a free state. It also said slavery was illegal in the Louisiana Territory.
Hartford Convention:
Concern for states' rights and thoughts of secession were not exclusive to the South.
As early as December 1814, a gathering of New England Federalists met at Hartford, Conn., to call for states' rights.

6. Compromise of 1850:
1) Texas would be added to the U.S. and be given $10 million to settle land issues;
2) New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be states with no mention of slavery;
3) Washington D.C. would ban it’s slave trade (but it was still allowed to be practiced);
4) California would be a free state;
5) Fugitive Slave Act: It required citizens to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves. It denied a fugitive's right to a jury trial.

7. Dred Scott
Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847.
Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court.
The court decided that all people of African ancestry could never become citizens of the United States.
The court also ruled that the federal government did not have the power to prohibit slavery in its territories.

8. John Brown John Brown - his mission was abolishing slavery.
On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
His plan to arm slaves with the weapons he and his men seized from the arsenal was stopped, however, by local farmers, militiamen, and Marines led by Robert E. Lee.
"No man in America has ever stood up so persistently and effectively for the dignity of human nature.”

9. CODE THE TEXT
When we are reading, it is important that we make marks in the text.
Use the symbols below to help mark points to remember in the text.
! – Surprising; ?- Don’t Understand; I – More Information; K – Key Point of Article
After we read and code the text, we will summarize what we read on ONE side of an index card.

10. Homework
It’s your turn to try to CODE THE TEXT and summarize on a note card.
Read & CODE THE TEXT for the following reading from Don’t Know Much About American History.