1. Causes of the Civil War
Chapter 10

2. Review your Knowledge
Review your notes/Textbook/ and brain to explain how each of the following contributed to either spreading or limiting slavery in the United States. Work
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Louisiana Purchase (1803):
Missouri Compromise (1820):
American Anti-Slavery Society (1833):
Manifest Destiny:
Texas Annexation (1845):
Mexican American War ( ),
Wilmot Proviso 1846
Compromise of 1850

3. Compromise of 1850 Terms California admitted as a Free State
Utah and New Mexico granted Popular Sovereignty
Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute resolved
Sale of Slaves banned in DC, but slavery still allowed
Fugitive Slave Act becomes more strictly enforced

4. Fugitive Slave Act Extremely harsh terms
Statement by a slave owner all that was required to have a slave returned
Federal Commissioners received $10 for returning a slave
Helping a fugitive $1,000 fine or six months jail time

5. Fugitive Slave Law
“A black man may be carried away without any reference to a jury. It is only necessary to claim him, and that some villain should swear to his identity. There is more protection there for a horse, for a donkey, or anything, rather than a colored man.”

6. Fugitive Slave Act

7. Personal Liberty Laws
Nine northern states passed these to forbade the imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed that they would have jury trials.
Trials lasted a long time to drag out expenses of slave catchers
Canada safe haven for runaway slaves

8. Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Born 1811 in Connecticut into prominent religious reform family.
Father and brother both highly respected preachers
Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio a free city bordering slave state of Kentucky
Hatred of slavery grew, felt called to write to bring attention to abolitionist cause.
I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation- Harriet Beecher Stowe.

9. Harriet Beecher Stowe

10. Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Published officially in 1852 as a novel, by 1853 had sold more than a million copies.
First chapters of novel originally released in abolitionist newspaper
Book’s message on the moral struggle of slavery was able to reach the masses
Praised in the North and rebuked in the South for being unfairly critical to the South.
“So is this the little lady who made this big war?”- Abraham Lincoln

11. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

12. Harriet Beecher Stowe Video
Questions
How did the death of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s son lead her to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
2. According to the video what did Uncle Tom’s Cabin do for many white Americans?

13. Harriet Tubman and Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad-secret network organized by white abolitionists and free African Americans
Conductors-those who hid runaway slaves provided them with supplies and helped escort them to safety
Underground Railroad became more widespread but also increasingly risky as a result of fugitive slave act
Travel was extremely dangerous, relied on North Star for direction to traverse through swamps and forests

14. Harriet Tubman and Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman born Araminta Harriet Ross in 1822 in Maryland
Born into slavery “Grew up like a neglected weed”
1849 successfully ran away and made it to the North
Returned to the South to help slaves escape between 8-19 times.

15. Harriet Tubman video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmsNGrkbHm4
What medical condition did Harriet Tubman suffer from?
Why did Harriet Tubman not help her husband escape to the North?
Where did Harriet Tubman live between ?
After the Civil War what did Harriet Tubman dedicate her life to in South Carolina?
In what year did Harriet Tubman pass away?

16. Harriet Tubman Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTaa_LdMwME
Why was Harriet Tubman chosen to be on the $20 bill?
When is the Treasury Department's target release date for the new $20 bill?
How will the $10 and $5 bills honor American women in the future?
Why do you think Andrew Jackson was chosen to be removed from the front of the $20?