1. US HISTORY OBJECTIVE 6.01 AND 6.02
6.01 Trace the economic, social, and political events from the Mexican War to the outbreak of the Civil War.
6.02 Analyze and assess the causes of the Civil War.
US HISTORY OBJECTIVE 6.01 AND 6.02

2. Warm Up:
On one of the sticky notes I handed out, write out an event/person/concept that we have talked about in class (Can be from any unit)
On the whiteboard, I have written out several of the main themes from our previous units, stick yours under whichever one it belongs to
MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON THIS SOMEWHERE!

3. GAME PLAN 12/6 3.01 Notes (through chart on front)
Civil war timeline activity

4. Review Expansion of slavery is dividing North and South
North abolitionist movements
William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Nat Turner’s Rebellion
South defend slavery as “necessary evil”
Economy depends on Slave labor
Westward expansion will increase these tensions as southerners look to expand slavery

5. Missouri Compromise Review
3 parts of the Missouri Compromise
Maine admitted as Free State
Missouri admitted as Slave State
36’30” line divides country (above is free and below is slave)
Westward expansion will create the need for a new compromise over expansion of slavery

6. Clay’s Compromise of 1850 Westward expansion opens debate of slavery
Henry Clay- known as the Great Compromiser
Compromise of 1850
California admitted as a Free State
Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act
Requires citizens to turn in any slave that is attempting or has escaped
Failing to turn these people in will result in punishment by law
Southern states will favor this act

7. Compromise of 1850 California admitted as a free state
Green- free states and territories
Yellow- slave states and territories
Purple- open to slavery

8. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
This act will reverse the Missouri Compromise
Stephen Douglas will promote the idea of popular sovereignty
States will now have the right to vote on being slave or free
Based on Ideas of 10th Amendment
Powers not delegated to US, are reserved to states or the people

9. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
1) Light Green- slave states
2) Light Pink- free states
3) Brown- now open to popular sovereignty

10. Bleeding Kansas
Since Kansas can now vote on being a slave or free state a showdown is set.
Pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters move into Kansas to influence the vote
Lead to bloodshed and fights between pro and anti- slavery groups

11. Other Events Underground Railroad
Movement of slaves to the North and Canada using secret hideouts
Reason South calls for Fugitive Slave Law
Harriet Tubman is famous conductor of the Underground Railroad

13. Other Events Cont. John Brown’s Raid
John Brown will raid a federal weapons arsenal in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
Brown wanted to give weapons to slaves to start a revolt
Brown and his men will be captured and hung

14. John Brown

15. Other Events Cont. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Write book Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852
Book describes the humanity of slaves and the inhumanity of slavery
North- use this to defend abolition
South- say the book is full of lies and be angered by what they see as false information
Stowe will be called “The little lady who started the big War” by Pres. Lincoln

16. Sumner-Brooks Affair
1856
South Carolina Senator Preston Brooks attacks Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner on Senate floor in Washington, DC

17. Further divide North and South over slavery issue
Dred Scott v. Sandford
March 1857
Dred Scott- slave suing for freedom (living in free territory)
Court ruling
Slaves were not citizens and could not sue in federal court
Missouri Compromise unconstitutional- US could not forbid slavery in any territory
Reaction
North outraged
South- supportive
Further divide North and South over slavery issue

18. Rise of Republican Party and Lincoln
Republican Party- form around one issue---- Abolish Slavery
Gain in strength throughout the 1850s
Most famous and influential leader will be Abraham Lincoln

19. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln-Douglas Debates Lincoln will lose the election
During the Senate Race in 1858
Lincoln (Republican)- did not want immediate end to slavery but supported an end to expansion of slavery
Stephen Douglas (Democrat)- supported popular sovereignty
Lincoln will lose the election
His ideas will become central to Republican Party and help him win presidential election in 1860

20. Election of 1860 4 Candidates
Lincoln- Republican
2 Democrats- split the vote
1 third party
Lincoln wins without a single electoral vote from South (South feels as if their votes no longer matter)
Immediate result- Southern states start to secede (led by South Carolina)

21. Election of 1860 *Lincoln wins without getting a single electoral vote from South

22. Southern Secession
After Election of southern states secede (leave) the Union
Led by South Carolina
Set up the Confederate States of America
Constitution will permit slavery and give states most power
Elect Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States