1. 8X 01-03-2017 Tuesday The Nation Divides
Objective: Describe the political debates and divisions in the United States that led to the American Civil War.
Agenda:
Prayer
Do Now: How did the Industrial Revolution and Western expansion lead to increased sectionalism in the United States during the first half of the 19th century?
Discuss Do Now
Chapter 15 Big Ideas and Preview
Missouri Compromise of 1820 (page 305)
Begin Chapter 15.1 “The Debate Over Slavery”
Homework: Worksheet – A Divided Nation Section 1 Study Guide

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Megan
Matthew
Abby
Cooper
Alex
Cameron
Emma
Sage
Paul
Katherine
John
Dominic
Maddie
Isaac

3. Chapter 15 A Divided Nation: Big Ideas (pen and paper test, Monday January 23)
15.1 – Antislavery literature and the annexation of new lands intensified the debate over slavery – The Kansas-Nebraska Act heightened tensions in the conflict over slavery The split over the issue of slavery intensified due to political division and judicial decisions The United States broke apart due to the growing conflict over slavery.

4. Missouri Compromise Page 305

5. Events
Effects
1. U.S. won more than 500,000 square miles of land from the Mexican American War.
President Polk wanted to extend the 36’30’ line (from Missouri Compromise of 1820) to decide what areas will be free states and slave states.
Other leaders wanted to allow popular sovereignty – people living in those areas should be able to decide whether they will be slave states or free states.
Northern states tried to pass the Wilmot Proviso which prohibited slavery in all new territories. However, this proposal failed to pass in the Southern controlled Senate.
2. Anti-slavery forces formed the Free Soil Pary, which supported the Wilmot Proviso.