1. WINDOWS
FRONT

2. WINDOWS
FRONT

3. WINDOWS
FRONT

4. Think Back (we tweeted on this):
What was the issue when Missouri applied for statehood in 1821?
What was the solution?

5. Things change over the next 30 years..
Population of people of Irish ancestry, 1870

6. 1847- Massachusetts legislature protests the Mexican War:
(The Mexican War) is for the conquest, of (Mexico’s) territory….. with the triple object of extending slavery, of strengthening the "Slave Power," and of obtaining the control of the Free States

7. The Wilmot Proviso (1846):
Provided, That, as …. to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory….
Passes House, not Senate….

8. The California Gold Rush- Gold discovered 1848

9. Compromise of 1850 California admitted as a free state
Texas (a slave state) gives up its claim on the New Mexico territory
Popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories (the people there will decide)
slave trade banned in Washington, DC
Fugitive Slave Act increases powers to return escape slaves from the north

10. Stations Carefully examine documents Answer the questions For each:
Who’s mad?  (circle one)     NORTH          SOUTH         BOTH
This event increases tensions between north and south because…
SCALE OF 1 TO 10, HOW SIGNIFICANT WAS THIS IN PUSHING NORTH AND SOUTH APART?  _______________

11. Station 6 Map:

12. In the stations you’ve so far visited, what was the most significant event that pushed the nation toward war?
Why?

13. Road to Civil War day 2 https://todaysmeet.com/RiderCivilWarquestions2
On Monday, we will be revisiting the events of the 1850s leading to Civil War. Have someone in your group post any questions you have to this website. If applicable, name the station the question applies to.

14. Closure:
I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual (everlasting; eternal). Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments…
Why is there a Civil War?
Southern viewpoint
Northern viewpoint
Your viewpoint

15. Fugitive Slave Law

16. The Underground Railroad

17. 1852- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe

18. Kansas-Nebraska Act- 1854 (#4)
Popular sovereignty- the people
of the territory will decide on
slavery
Stephen Douglas
Senator, IL
Opened to slavery by 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act
Closed to slavery under 1820 Missouri Compromise

20. Bleeding Kansas (5)
“bushwackers vs. Jayhawkers”- violence erupts as armed pro and anti slavery flood into Kansas

22. (6) 1854- Republican Party forms in opposition to Kansas Nebraska Act
Only northerners join
against the spread of slavery
How is Lincoln like abolitionists?
How is he different?
Republican
party
Free Soilers
Former Northern
Whigs
Know-Knothings
Abolitionists

23. Lincoln Douglas Debates
Election for IL Senate seat, 1858
Douglas- popular sovereignty
Abe- no SPREAD of slavery

24. (7) Dred Scott v. Sanford, March ‘57
The Case:
Scott sues for freedom because master brought him into a free territory

25. (7) Dred Scott: The Decision
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney; 7-2 decision
1- African Americans not citizens, so they can’t sue….
2- even if he could sue, he is still a slave because…
ALL FEDERAL LAWS AGAINST SLAVERY are unconstitutional
Slaves are PROPERTY…
Federal government has no right to deprive people of their property w/out “due process”
(Amendment #5)
Roger B. Taney

26. IMPACT OF Dred Scott: ALL TERRITORIES OPENED UP TO SLAVERY
FEDERAL GOV’T CAN’T BAN IT IN STATES OR TERRITORIES

27. (8) John Brown’s Raid October 16, 1859
Brown + 21 men attack arsenal at Harper’s Ferry
Plan: give guns to slaves, start rebellion

28. Martyr in North; terrorist in the South

29. Lincoln wins election of 1860
Less than 40% of popular vote
Name was not on ballot in ten
Southern states

30. Secession! RATIONALES: South: States voluntarily joined the
Union; have the right to leave it
Form new nation: Confederacy
North (Lincoln)- no right to secede
Oath of office requires him to preserve the Union
U.S. is a nation of people, not states

31. Mind map… 8 of the twelve events must be on it
Date/ image/ words
How are you going to categorize events leading to Civil War?
Thematic-
violence/ gov’t actions/ people
Speed up/ slow down
“Causes”- expansion of slavery/ rise of abolitionism
Connects between events- K/N Acts- Bleeding, Sumner, Rep. Party, rise of Lincoln, e of 1860
Importance of events (speed limit)
Chronological…
NEEDS to be a KEY