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1 Good morning! Please get out any of your summer work, and be ready to turn it in. You’ll also need your Constitution worksheet and any notes from Monday or Wednesday.

2 Today’s Agenda US Government Basics – Constitution Worksheet Slavery
US Expansion to 1840s Missouri Compromise Document Analysis Q1 - How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period? Q2 - Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South.

3 I. US Government in Seven Minutes
Q1 - How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period? I. US Government in Seven Minutes How was conflict set up in the structure of the US Government? What kind of government do we have & why does it matter? Unitary, Confederate, Federal

4 US Government Articles of Confederation 1781-1789
US Constitution 1789 – a federal system

5 US Government US Constitution 1789 – a federal system
Constitution Worksheet What are the big messages? Separation of Powers Checks & Balances Limited Government

6 II. Slavery Q1 - How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period? Q2 - Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South. In your notebook please write down two or three significant takeaways or questions you have from the video.

7 III. United States Expansion & Conflict through Maps
GQ2 - Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South

8 Timeline of Expansion 1740, 1783, 1803-04, 1819, 1820,
1845, 1846, 1848, 1853…

9 American Colonies 1740

10 United States 1783

11 United States 1783

12 1803

13 1804

14 1819

15 Missouri 1819: What’s the big deal?
Free states (11) vs. Slave states (11) Balance of power US Senate Increasing opposition to slavery in North Increasing defense of slavery in South

16 Missouri Compromise 1820

17 Missouri Compromise Henry Clay – “The Great Pacificator” The terms
Missouri admitted as a slave state Maine created as a free state 36’ 30” Line of Latitude Significance?

18 Decoding Documents OMCL
Origin Author, date, circumstances, context Message The Big Message or main point Connections How does this relate to outside knowledge? Limitations What must we consider before taking this at face value? What are the biases or circumstances that affect the message?

19 Fun with OMCL “…but this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror.  I considered it at once as the death knell of the Union.  It is hushed indeed for the moment, but this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence.  A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.” Thomas Jefferson, 1820

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21 Missouri Compromise Through Documents
Origin of each Big Message of each Connections? What can we learn about the Mo Compromise?


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