1. FRONT COVER
Create an illustration that shows the divide between North and South and their key differences that encouraged the growth of sectionalism.

2. Missouri Compromise
8.65 Describe the reasons for and the impact of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Write 4 sentences/bullet points explaining the purpose, reaction, and impact of the Missouri Compromise
Illustrate the Missouri Compromise
-must be colored and include captions where needed

3. played Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun and the Fugitive Slave Law.
Compromise of 1850
8.67 Explain the reasons for and the impact of the Compromise of 1850, including the roles
played Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun and the Fugitive Slave Law.
Write 4 sentences/bullet points explaining the purpose, reaction, and impact of the Compromise of 1850 and Fugitive Slave Law
Illustrate the Compromise of 1850
-must be colored and include captions where needed

4. Brown raid on Harper’s Ferry.
Bleeding Kansas
8.68 Explain the motivations behind passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, including the
rise of the Republican Party, “Bleeding Kansas,” the Sumner Brooks incident, and the John
Brown raid on Harper’s Ferry.
Write a newspaper article reporting on “Bleeding Kansas” from the perspective of an abolitionist. Be sure to mention the cause and leaders of the civil war in Kansas.
Include a picture

5. Harper’s Ferry OR Sumner Caning Incident
8.68 Explain the motivations behind passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, including the
rise of the Republican Party, “Bleeding Kansas,” the Sumner Brooks incident, and the John
Brown raid on Harper’s Ferry.
Illustrate the your choice

6. case and the resulting divisiveness between the North and South.
Scott vs. Sandford
8.69 Analyze the reasons for and applied by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott v. Sandford
case and the resulting divisiveness between the North and South.
Write a closing argument for the attorney representing Dred Scott.
Write what Dred Scott’s attorney would likely say to a reporter after the court’s ruling.

7. Lincoln- Douglas Debate
8.70 Examine the arguments presented by Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln in the
Illinois Senate race debate of 1858.
Summarize the arguments made by both Lincoln and Douglas in their debates
What would a southerners reaction be to both men’s speeches and ideas?

8. The South Secedes
Write a newspaper article reporting on South Carolina’s secession
Include reasons why they seceded, who the confederate leaders are, and how the Union should respond.