1. Warm-Up
50 Facts
Work with your team!

2. Class Mottos (3)
Who are we? Diamonds!

3. “Swing your machete!”

5. Event Date What it means for us…
2016 Plan for War
Event
Date
What it means for us…
KIPP Houston Practice Exam
April 6th
Our first practice battle
Mr. Haughton’s Final Exam
April 13th through April 15th
Last major practice battle
Review Unit
April 18th through May 11th
Final preparations for War
2016 STAAR Exam
May 12
WAR

6. Let’s Review: Tell me all about it…
Events Part 1

7. Missouri Compromise 1820

8. Nullification Crisis 1832

9. Compromise of 1850

10. States’ Rights

11. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852

12. The road to the civil War Part II pg. 117
Unit 8

13. Today’s Mission (16)
Explain the causes of the Civil War, including sectionalism, states' rights, and slavery (8.8B)

14. Should slavery be allowed to expand?
The BIG Question!
Should slavery be allowed to expand?

15. Kansas-Nebraska Act aka Bloody Kansas - 1854
A territory would decide for itself whether that area should have slavery or not
It turns into a mini Civil War
Both sides shooting and killing each other

16. Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Supreme Court decides slaves are property and cannot be taken away from their owner.

17. John Brown’s Raid- 1858
Abolitionist who led a slave revolt against their owners at Harpers Ferry, VA.

18. 1860 Election Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th president
The South thinks he will abolish slavery

19. South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina secedes (leaves the union)
Southern states follow
Confederate States of America

21. Class Discussion What do you think about slavery?
What do you think about these events?
Could the war have been prevented? How?
Which of these people do you admire? Why?
Would you have been involved in any of this?

22. Guided Practice
Rank all the events that led to the Civil War in order of the most important
Choose one person to present the order of your events!

24. Independent Practice
Write a letter to a friend in another region discussing the major events that led to the Civil War. Explain how you feel about these events as well as their impact. Be sure to write from the perspective of your region! Events to discuss:
Sectionalism
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Missouri Compromise
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
John Brown’s Raid
Nullification Crisis
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Election of 1860 & South Carolina’s secession

25. Example…
Dear Chris, You Northerners are ridiculous! If you do not stop you will cause a war! I just read ___________. That book tells lies. Also, I heard about that guy_________ who led that raid against ________. I hope you follow the _________ Act because if you don’t me and my friends down here in Virginia might leave. Your friend, James P.S.: If Lincoln is elected, my state will _________.

26. Homework
Slavery reading