1. Response to Slavery
Mikey and Jordan

2. Big idea:
Differences over slavery produced an array of responses from Americans

3. White abolitionists created campaigns against slavery

4. Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
American Antislavery Society
Sometimes they used moral arguments, assisted in the escape of slaves, and used violent approaches.

5. Defenders used racial doctrines to support their beliefs
“Positive good”
Cannibals All!
Minstrel shows

6. Western Migration

7. Big idea: migrants moved West in search of land, and opportunity, which created competition and violence.

8. To obtain self-sufficiency and independence migrants moved to rural and boomtown areas

9. Tombstone Tombstone produced 40-85 million dollars in silver.
It was a dangerous place to be.

10. Buffalo bill codys Wild West show
Started in 1883 and was a show that depicted Indians attacking white settlers and being vicious while heroic Cowboys came in and saved the day.

11. Frederic Remington
Painted pictures of the frontier

12. Range Wars
Fighting over land and water. Between cattle ranchers and homesteaders.