1. Was the Civil War inevitable?

2. Sectional Differences
The Northwest Ordinance (1787)
Originally important for westward migration
All lands North of Ohio would be free, everything South would be slave states
Sectional Differences

3. Missouri Compromise BACKGROUND:
1819, slave states and free states are balanced at 11 each
That meant neither N/S had a majority in the Senate
Missouri (west of Ohio) applies for admission as a slave state
Missouri would tip the balance
Missouri Compromise

4. Missouri Compromise Congress is deadlocked
Revisited in 1820, Maine applies to enter as a free state
Henry Clay sponsors the Compromise
Missouri Compromise

5. Terms of the Compromise
MO would join as a slave state
ME would join as a free state
Remains balanced 
36 30’ line becomes the border
Eased tensions temporarily
Terms of the Compromise

6. Sectionalism: a strong attachment to regional interests
NORTH
SOUTH
Urban
Rural
Huge population growth
Plantation system depended on slaves
Economy: industrial, factories, manufactured goods
Economy: very little industry, based on export of agricultural products
Two Ways of Life

7. Growing Divide Abolitionist movement Differing views on slavery
Wilmot Proviso—attempted to ban slavery from any newly acquired state
Never passed
They would settle disputes based on popular sovereignty
Growing Divide

8. Precursors Compromise of 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Summer/Bleeding Kansas
Dred Scott Decision
Harper’s Ferry/ John Brown’s Raid
Precursors

9. You will look at 6 different precursors (causes) of the Civil War
They will be either:
Political
Legal
An act of violence
We just looked at abolitionism as an important SOCIAL precursor
Directions

10. Directions Same process as last week Read the excerpt
Answer the Step 1 questions as group, no need to do it all on your own
Then, jot down the key facts/significance
About 7 minutes at each station
Directions