1. US History Note Page 19 “ Long Term Causes of Civil War” - By Morgan J. Burris & Jenny Strader Things are being set in motion… The Gears are moving…

2. -Federalism -system of multiple governments in order to give more localized decision making power -10th Amendment -all powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states and people. State’s Rights

3. Slavery  Pro-slavery – South! Necessary Evil for the economy.  Anti-slavery – North, takes jobs from free Whites!  Opposed growth of slavery – Okay in South but don’t expand into West!

4. Nullification -Sedition Acts -Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions -Tariff laws 1828 Tariff Crisis – South Car. -Slavery issues -southern threats to nullify any anti-slavery laws

5. Sectionalism  Issues become more and more regional in nature  Slavery, tariffs, economics  Industrial north – Needs southern cotton for factories!  Agricultural south – Cotton dominates the economy!

6. Compromise of 1820 -drew a line to determine the future areas of slavery - solved the slavery debate for about 20 years

7. Compromise of 1850 -Wilmot Proviso tried to block slavery in old Mexican areas but is defeated in Congress  California applies for statehood  Debate begins and Henry Clay organizes compromise California admitted as free state South gets stronger Fugitive Slave Law Popular Sovereignty to help decide future cases of slavery

8. Underground Railroad -Many early attempts at escape relied on luck & help from others! -Network of anti-slavery advocates who helped slaves escape (barns, remote farmhouses, cellars.) -Many times slaves needed to get to Canada to be totally free. -Harriet Tubman – Most famous conductor, most wanted woman in America!

11. Fugitive Slave Law o Allowed slave catchers to go into free areas and capture runaway slaves o Made it a crime to help any runaway o Suspected slaves need not be given a trial or a chance to testify o Law angered Northern abolitionists o Law eased Southern fears of anti-slavery reforms.

13. Who Said it? Can we as a nation continue together permanently – forever – half slave and Half free? “There’s two things I got a right to and these Are Death and Liberty. One or the other I mean to have.” - Abraham Lincoln - Harriet Tubman

14. “Abolition and the Union cannot coexist. As the friend of the Union I openly proclaim it, - and the sooner it is known the better. The former may now be controlled, but in a short time it will be beyond the power of man to arrest the course of events. We of the South will not, cannot, surrender our institutions.” - John C. Calhoun, SC

15. Use the rest of today to work on Causes of the Civil War: Vocab It is Due Wednesday Use the Red Book Glossary

16. US History Note Page 19 “ Long Term Causes of Civil War”