1. Think about it… Geography Review! Use the information to answer the questions on the back

2. Today’s Questions: o What issues divided the nation before the Civil War? o How did different views on slavery cause tension in the United States?

3. Today’s Agenda: 1.Notes: major issues that divided the nation 2.5 minute break 3.In groups: What were the different viewpoints on slavery leading up to the war?

4. North or South?

6. Constitutional Issues A major conflict was ______ rights versus a strong _______ government. Southerners believed that _______ had the power to declare any national law illegal Northerners believed that the _______government’s power was supreme over the power of the _______.

7. Economic Issues Tariff: The _______ was a manufacturing region, and its people favored tariffs that protected ______ owners and workers from foreign competition. The _______ was an agricultural society. Southerners opposed tariffs that would cause the prices of manufactured goods to increase. Planters in the South were also concerned that Great Britain might stop buying _______ from the South if tariffs were added.

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

9. What is the last major issue that divided the nation?

10. Slavery: Dividing a Nation While there were several differences between North and South, _________ increasingly divided the nation and led to the _____ _____.

11. Slavery “There was never a moment in our history when slavery wasn’t a sleeping serpent. It lay coiled up under the table during the deliberations of the Constitutional Convention. Owing to the Cotton Gin, it was more than half awake. Thereafter, slavery was on everyone’s mind, though not always on his tongue.” ---John J Chapman

12. The Slavery Debate: Arguments FOR slavery Arguments AGAINST slavery

13. William Lloyd Garrison John C. Calhoun James Kirke Paulding Abraham Lincoln Frederick Douglass 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: PersonTwo Details of Person’s View on Slavery Actions Person took to Support Viewpoint George Fitzhugh 1. 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: o 2 people from each group, come to the front! o Tell us about your person. Do they support slavery? What actions did they take to support their viewpoint?

17. For or against slavery? Put the people in order from most pro (for) slavery to most anti (against) slavery! Pro-Slavery------------------Anti-Slavery

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

19. North/South Pictures Draw a picture to represent the differences between North and South. What was life like in the North? What was life like in the South?

21. Which continent?

23. Which ocean?

25. What are the lines going from east to west (side to side) called?

27. What is the name of this line?

28. Lines going from north to south (up and down)?

29. This line?

30. Which continent?

32. Which river is known as a “gateway to the west?”

33. Which river is B?

34. Which ocean is next to Virginia?

35. Which line on the globe is 0 degrees latitude?

36. Which river is G?

37. The Rio Grande forms the border between the United States and…?

38. What is the longest river in the United States?

39. Which line is 0 degrees longitude?

40. Which river is H?

41. What did the Gulf of Mexico provide for the French and Spanish?

42. Lines of longitude are also called…

43. Which river is D?

44. Lines of latitude are also called…

45. Which river is E?

46. Inland port cities grew along these lakes…

47. Who explored the Colorado River?

48. Which river is C?

49. Which body of water that surrounds Antarctica?