1. United States Civil War
The Coming of War

2. Warm-Up: Quiz Manifest Destiny Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Choose 3 of the vocabulary (below) and write the following in one short paragraph/summary:
Who (background, position in society, participants in event, etc.)
What (strict definition of the event, what an individual accomplished)
When (year, decade, time period)
Where (placement of person/event)
Why (importance, significance to history)
Manifest Destiny
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Nullification Crisis
Missouri Compromise
Answer two of the three short answer questions (3 – 4 sentences can answer them)
Why were states’ rights a problem for US unity?
Why did abolitionism become such a powerful force in the 1830s?
Why was Western expansion a problem for the USA?

3. Group Work: “Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854 – 1861”
Group Assignments
“The Impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (pgs. 417 – 422)
“Bleeding Kansas and ‘Bully’ Brooks” (pgs. 422 – 425)
“The Dred Scott Decision” (pgs – 428)
“The Lincoln-Douglas Debates” (pgs. 428 – 430)
“John Brown at Harpers Ferry” (pgs. 430 – 434)
“The Presidential Campaign of 1860” (pgs. 434 – 436)
Group Checklist
Title
Summary of the event
Who (background, position in society, participants in event, etc.)
What (strict definition of the event, what an individual accomplished)
When (year, decade, time period)
Where (placement of person/event)
Why (importance, significance to history)
Direct quotes from primary sources
Supportive of the given situation / event significance in leading to the Civil War (give credit where credit is due)
Visual
Supportive of the given situation / event
Clear and descriptive (include caption if need be)

4. “Walk Around”: “Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854 – 1861”
Summary of the situation / event
Impact of the situation / event towards the Civil War
“The Impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
“Bleeding Kansas and ‘Bully’ Brooks”
“The Dred Scott Decision”
“The Lincoln-Douglas Debates”
“John Brown at Harpers Ferry”
“The Presidential Campaign of 1860”

5. Warm-Up: The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion
If someone says it better, let them say it… CRASH COURSE #18
While watching, complete the fill-in notes!

6. Taking Sides: Have historians overemphasized the slavery issue as a cause of the Civil War?
YES: Joel H. Silbey
NO: Michael F. Holt
Argues that historians have overemphasized the sectional conflict over slavery and have neglected to analyze local ethnocultural issues among the events leading to the Civil War
Maintains that both Northern Republicans and Southern Democrats seized the slavery issue to sharply distinguish party differences and thus reinvigorate the loyalty of party voters

7. Taking Sides: Have historians overemphasized the slavery issue as a cause of the Civil War?
While reading compile a list of points that the author uses to support their perspective…
Make sure you have a direct quote AND an explanation as to what it means
When you have read through the entirety of the text, decide on which three points are your strongest
Write a introductory paragraph in your Quickwrite notebook that includes a thesis and outline of your points
Share your paragraph with a peer with the opposing viewpoint and discuss the differing arguments