SectionalismFrayer Models:
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Timeline of Sectionalism in the United States
Transatlantic Slave Trade |
Textbook reading on p. 138; online - Ch. 5, Lesson 1, p.4-5
1. How was the need for labor a cause of slavery in colonial America? The need for labor in the American Colonies was created by good farming land and it caused slavery to grow because there was a need for labor . 2. What was the "Middle Passage"? The "Middle Passage" was the part of the journey that brought slaves from Africa to the Americas. 3. What were slave codes? Slave codes were laws designed to control slavery. The main connection between the agricultural south and the need for slavery is slave labor allowed the plantation owners to make a lot of money because the didn't have to pay the slaves. Video Link |
3/5ths Compromise
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Textbook reading on p. 240; online - Ch. 8, Lesson 2, p. 5
1. Southern states wanted the slave population to count as part of their populations. 2. Northern states wanted the slave population to count as zero percent of the population. 3. The 3/5ths Compromise could have ended slavery if northern states had said it should be illegal, however it continued as legal under the Constitution. |
Cotton Gin |
Textbook reading on p.438; online - Ch. 15, Lesson 3, p.1-2
1. Analyze the chart to the left. With the cotton gin being invented in 1793, what conclusion can you draw from the chart? I can conclude that the chart shows the number of slaves grew with the amount of cotton that was being produced. 2. How did agriculture in the Upper and Deep South differ by 1860? The agriculture in the Upper South focused on tobacco and food, while the agriculture in the Deep South focused on cotton. 3. Predict where there was more slavery needed. More slavery was needed in the Deep South because cotton was a more labor intensive (difficult) crop to grow and harvest (collect). |
Missouri Compromise |
Textbook reading on p.362; online - Ch. 12, Lesson 3, p. 4
1. List the two states that entered the Union as a part of the Missouri Compromise. Maine and Missouri 2. What was the significance of the line 36*30'N? The significance of the line 36*30'N was slavery would be legal below it and illegal above it. 3. The Missouri Compromise was a temporary solution because it did nothing to solve the basic problem of slavery expanding (growing). 4. The Missouri Compromise was a compromise because the northern states got a non-slave state and the southern states got a slave state. |
Nullification Crisis |
Textbook reading on p. 378-379; online - Ch. 13, Lesson 1, p. 4
1. What was the idea of states rights? States rights was an idea (ideology) that states could not follow federal (national) laws if they didn't think that they were appropriate. 2. What region of the United States would have benefited more from the protective tariff that would have made European goods more expensive? The North would have benefited more from the protective tariffs aimed at making European goods more expensive. 3. States' Rights was the central issue in the American Civil War. Predict how this was an issue between the northern, industrialized states and the southern, agricultural states. I predict that states' rights was the central issue in the American Civil War because the southern states wanted to keep slavery legal and the northern states wanted to make it illegal. |
Compromise of 1850 |
Textbook reading on p.478-480; Ch. 17, Lesson 1, p.1-3
1. By the year 1850, what were the two viewpoints on slavery in the new lands acquired during Manifest Destiny? The northerners felt that slavery should be illegal in the territories acquired in the Mexican-American War. The southerners felt that slavery should be legal in the territories acquired in the Mexican-American War. 2. What was the compromise that was reached between the northern and southern politicians in 1850? The Compromise of 1850 stated that: - California would enter the U.S. as a free state - New Territories would have no limits on slavery - the slave trade (sale of slaves) would be illegal in Washington D.C. - a strict Fugitive Slave Law would be created to help southern slave owners |
4. Who was Henry Clay? Who was Daniel Webster? What roles did they play in the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay was a senator from Kentucky (a Southern State) and for the Compromise of 1850 he designed the Compromise of 1850.
Daniel Webster was a senator from Massachusetts (a Northern State) and for the Compromise of 1850 he supported Clay's Compromise of 1850.
Henry Clay was a senator from Kentucky (a Southern State) and for the Compromise of 1850 he designed the Compromise of 1850.
Daniel Webster was a senator from Massachusetts (a Northern State) and for the Compromise of 1850 he supported Clay's Compromise of 1850.
Fugitive Slave Act |
Textbook reading on p. 481; Online Chapter 17, Lesson 1, p. 3
1. What is most concerning about the message in the poster to the left? Most concerning, to me, about the message in the poster to the left is _________. 2. What did Henry David Thoreau say about "Civil Disobedience"? Henry David Thoreau said that if the law ___________________________. 3. Judges were paid $5 to let people accused of being runaway slaves go and $10 to declare them a runaway and send them back with their "kidnappers". How might this have created a situation where innocent people were forced into slavery? Innocent people could have been forced into slavery because _________________ ___________________________________________________________________. |
Kansas-Nebraska Act |
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Textbook reading on p. 481-482; Online Chapter 17, Lesson 1, p. 4-5 1. What former territory did the Kansas-Nebraska Act deal with? (think about the year 1803) The Kansas-Nebraska Act dealt with the former __________ Territory. 2. What was the proposal from Stephen A. Douglas called and what did it mean? _______________________ was the proposal from Douglas and it meant that the people ____________________________________. 3. Did the Kansas-Nebraska act work? Why or why not? The Kansas-Nebraska Act __________________________________, because _________________________________________________. |
Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision |
Textbook reading on p. 485; Online Chapter 17, Lesson 2, p. 3
1. Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom? Dred Scott sued for his freedom because he had ________________ _________________________________________________________. 2. In addition to saying that Scott was still enslaved, what else did Chief Justice Roger B. Taney say about property and the banning of slavery? Chief Justice Taney said that Scott was still enslaved, an _________ person was _____________, and Congress had no right to _________. 3. Why was this decision so controversial? The decision was controversial because Northerners felt _________ ___________ and Southerners felt ____________________________. |
Election of 1860 |
Textbook reading on p. 489; Online Chapter 17, Lesson 3, p. 1-3
1. Lincoln won the election and was not expected to. The Democratic Party was split and actually helped the Republican Lincoln win. How did the Democratic Party not being able to decide on a single candidate help Lincoln win? (think about the math) The Democratic Party was split over two candidates, this helped Lincoln win the presidential election of 1860 because ___________ ____________________________. 2. What did Lincoln and the Republicans promise to do to slavery? Lincoln and the Republican party promised to ___________________ ___________________ if they won the election. |