1. Warm Up:
What is a “civil war?”

2. Why did people fight in the Civil War?
Today’s Question:
Why did people fight in the Civil War?

3. Agenda: Brainstorm: Why did people fight?
Class discussion/Notes: Differences between N/S
In groups: Why is slavery such a divisive issue?

4. Intro to Civil War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN2huQB-DmE

5. Watch the Video Clip, think about: https://www. youtube. com/watch
Why would people living in a country fight against each other? Why would they sacrifice lives? Why would they send their sons into battle? Come up with 5 reasons to report to the class!

6. Why did people fight?

7. North vs. South
By the 1800s, the United States had become a nation of two distinct regions, the ________ and the __________.

8. North vs. South
The North was mainly an urban society where people held __________ and worked in ___________.
The South was mainly an agricultural society in which people lived on small _____________ or ________________.
Because of their cultural ______________, people in the North and South found it difficult to agree on social and political issues.

9. North or South?

11. North vs. South Issue Northern View Southern View Tariffs:
Should there be taxes placed on imported items?
State’s Rights:
Should the national government have more power than the state government?
Slavery:
Should the United States continue to allow slavery?

12. Why did the North and South disagree on tariffs?

13. William Lloyd Garrison
James Kirke Paulding
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Calhoun
Angelina Grimke

14. With your group:
With your group, read the handout OUT LOUD and fill in the chart on your worksheet by writing:
Two Details of Person’s View on Slavery
Actions taken to support that Viewpoint

15. Example: Person Two Details of Person’s View on Slavery
Actions Person took to Support Viewpoint
George Fitzhugh
African Americans were an “inferior” class of black laborers
2. A society run by slave-masters was better off than one run by cruel business leaders of a free society
He wrote pamphlets like “Slavery Justified” (1850), and “The Failure of a Free Society” (1854).
He also wrote Sociology for the South (1854) in which he urged Southerner to further defend their defense of slavery.

16. The Slavery Debate:
2 people from each group, come to the front! Tell us about your person. Do they support slavery? What actions did they take to support their viewpoint?

17. Let’s put it all together!
Bring your current placard to the tape line on the floor. This line represents the spectrum of opinions from very pro-slavery to very anti-slavery.
With your partner, decide where your current person fits on the opinion spectrum and why.
Talk to the people around you to decide on a “correct” order.
Pro-Slavery Anti-Slavery

18. William Lloyd Garrison
James Kirke Paulding
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Calhoun
Angelina Grimke
Pro-Slavery Anti-Slavery