1. Today’s Warm Up Answer in your notes:
If you are involved in a serious argument in which something important is at stake, is it better to compromise with or confront your opponent? Provide a specific example and be prepared to share your reasoning.

2. Was the Civil War inevitable?
Conflict & Compromise
Was the Civil War inevitable?

3. A Growing Nation
Between the American Revolution & Civil War, U.S. grew immensely
Division btwn North & South grew as well; led to two distinct ways of life

4. Northern Life Industrial Large Population 70% of Railroad Tracks
factories
Large Population
many immigrants
70% of Railroad Tracks
More $$
Some farming too!

5. Southern Life Agrarian Smaller Population Fewer Railroad Tracks
Rural, farming society
Smaller Population
Fewer Railroad Tracks
Some farmers still used waterways
Less $$
Majority of $$ controlled by a small group of white, plantation owners

6. Growing Divide over Slavery
Slavery was not just a moral issue, but about power and $$
As the North and South grew apart, both sides fought for control in Washington, DC.
Why do you think this was?

7. Slave States (South) vs. Free States (North)
Each state has # of congressman based on population
However, no matter the size of the state or population, each state gets 2 senators
If one side has just one more state, that means an advantage for that side in Washington, D.C.
11 Slave States x 2 Senators = 22 Senators

8. Video Clip: “I’m Just a Bill”

9. Slave States (South) vs. Free States (North)
11 Free States x 2 Senators = 22 Senators
But if we add just one more state to one side…
12 States x 2 Senators = 24 Senators

10. Antebellum Jigsaw Activity
Become the expert on your assigned antebellum event. Create a poster display that will effectively teach your classmates about your event.
Include the title and date(s) at the top of your poster
In a minimum of five key statements explain what happened.
Decide whether your event showed a spirit of conflict or compromise. Defend your reasoning.
Don’t be fooled by the title of your event – intentions aren’t always the same as outcome!

11. The Missouri Compromise
Use page 106 in the History Alive textbook along with the U.S. map you filled in for homework
Step 1: Color code the free states and territories
Step 2: Color code the slave states and territories
Step 3: Read the section “Slavery Comes to the National Stage: The Missouri Compromise” & answer the following questions in your notes:
What was the Missouri Compromise?
Why do you think the Missouri Compromise no longer works by 1850?
BE READY TO SHARE!!!

13. Missouri Compromise, 1820 Balanced at 11 states on each side.
Missouri & Maine wanted to become states, so…
Missouri  Slave States
Maine  Free State
No slavery north of Missouri’s southern border (36⁰ 30´)
Label the Missouri Compromise line on your map

14. More Land Means More Conflict
1819, Spain ceded Florida to the US
U.S. won the Mexican-American War
Gained most of the land from Texas to California
Gadsden Purchase
The US bought the rest of the land in the Southwest

15. Gadsden Purchase

16. Compromise of 1850 California  Free State New Mexico  Slave State
Utah  Slave State
Fugitive Slave Law- required the return of escaped slaves to their owners

17. Uncle Tom’s Cabin Book written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Described cruelty of slavery
Hoped to end slavery, but increased hostility between the North and the South.

18. “So this is the lady who started the Civil War.”
-Abraham Lincoln

19. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
Popular Sovereignty- the people decide by voting
Abolitionists (against slavery) & proslavery people flooded the territory
Led to violence and bloodshed

20. Bleeding Kansas, 1856
Abolitionist John Brown & supporters attacked proslavery men, killing 5 of them in a single night.
Led to increased violence in this territory.

22. Dred Scott Decision, 1857
Dred Scott was a slave whom was moved into a free state.
Sued for his freedom, but denied.
The Supreme Court states that slaves are property, not citizens.

24. John Brown’s Raid
John Brown came out of hiding to lead 21 men in seizing the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA.
Stopped by federal troops.
John Brown was executed for treason.

25. Election of 1860 Splits the Nation
Abraham Lincoln, the Republican nominee opposed to slavery, won with only 40% of the popular vote.
Didn’t receive any votes from the South, but because there were 4 candidates votes were split & Lincoln won.
The South refused to follow a president for whom they didn’t vote.

28. Secession Secession- to leave or withdraw.
Starting with South Carolina in 1861, 11 states left the Union/United States.
Created a new nation:
Confederate States of America “Confederacy”
Capital: Richmond, VA
President: Jefferson Davis

30. First “Unofficial” Battle
April 12, 1861, Southern forces attacked Fort Sumter, a federal fort in Charleston, SC.
After a day and a half, the Northern troops were forced to surrender.
This was the first “unofficial” battle of the Civil War.

33. Acrostic Poem & Class Spectrum
Using the term “Antebellum,” answer today’s LEQ: Was the Civil War inevitable?
For each letter, write a statement that provides evidence and support for your response.
Be ready to present your poem and place in on our class spectrum. Your poem should defend your placement.

34. Using the term “Antebellum,” answer today’s LEQ: Was the Civil War inevitable?