1. Title: Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
TASK: Please write down the title, and a subheading of ‘Recap Quiz’ in your notes.
1. How did laws concerning Fugitive Slaves change over time
2. Name one President who was in office during the 1850 Compromise debates
3. Why did the South not like tariffs?
4. Name one Senator who opposed the 1850 Compromise
5. The name of the Supreme Court case that rules the Fugitive Slave Law overruled State Law
6. Who broke down the 1850 Compromise down into 5 separate bills?
7. Recall one way in which the North and South were similar C.1845
8. What did the Wilmot Proviso propose?
9. Recall one feature of the Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
Last lesson = 1 pt
Last week = 2 pt
Last terms = 3 pt

2. Last lesson = 1 pt Last week = 2 pt Last terms = 3 pt
1. They became more strict
2. Zachary Taylor OR Millard Fillmore
3. It made European goods more expensive; discouraged European countries from buying cotton
4. Jefferson Davis; John Calhoun; William Seward
5. Prigg vs. Pennsylvania
6. Stephen Douglas
7. Culture (language, religion); economies; shared political system
8. That slavery should be banned from all land obtained from the Mexican War
9. Federal marshals to hunt on northern soil, Federal Commissioners (trial), punishments, applies to slaves who escaped before 1850
Give yourself a score out of 18
In a green pen, you are going to write down which topic you need to develop you understanding of (Fugitive Slave Law; 1850 Compromise; America c.1845)
For next lesson you need to create revision material on that topic. In that next lesson, you will be given a new quiz just on the topic you are revising.

3. Topic: Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
KNOW
The key details of the Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
EXPLAIN
The different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law
JUDGE
How far the Fugitive Slave law created tension between the North and South
Based on the topic above, discuss on your table :
what you think we will be covering this lesson
what we will be expected to know by the end

4. Reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law
You have been given a series of hexagons that outline different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law, which can be categorised into three groups within American society
What different groups existed in America Society in 1850?
EXPLAIN the different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law

5. Reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law
You have been given a series of hexagons that outline different reactions to the fugitive Slave Law, which can be categorised into three groups within American society.
TASK 1: Sort the cards into three groups, based on similarities in their reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law
TASK 2: Decide which group in society each category reflects and then stick them onto your A3 paper.
CHALLENGE: Do these reactions give you a full picture of reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law? Justify your answer.
EXPLAIN the different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law

6. EXPLAIN the different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law
Slaves
3000 moved to Canada in last 3 months of 1850
Used underground railroads - network of secret routes and safe houses used to help flee into Canada.
A slave named Margaret Garner, killed her daughter to prevent her from being returned into slavery.
EXPLAIN the different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law

7. EXPLAIN the different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law
Abolitionists
The Fugitive Slave Law (1850) appalled this group
An owner who tried to recapture his slave was killed in Pennsylvania. A newspaper reported: ‘Civil War – the first blow struck’
Aided fugitive slaves by violently resisting recapture.
1854: Boston mob broke into a courthouse and killed a guard in an attempt to rescue fugitive slave Anthony Burns. (The people of Boston later purchased Burn’s freedom).
A large crowd helped to rescue escaped slave Jerry from jail in Syracuse, New York.
William Lloyd Garrison: ‘‘The only way to make the Fugitive Slave Act a dead letter, is to make half a dozen or more dead kidnappers’
EXPLAIN the different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law

8. EXPLAIN the different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law
Moderate Northerners
Other northern states forbade the use of local jails or the assistance of state officials in the arrest or return of alleged fugitive slaves.
9 states passed "personal liberty laws” mandating a jury trial before alleged fugitive slaves could be sent back into slavery.
The act contained a number a features which were distasteful to this group
Accept the Fugitive Slave law as the price they had to pay to save the Union
Vigilance committees sprang up in many Northern communities. (Groups of private citizens to administer the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law).
In some cases, juries refused to convict individuals who had been accused under the Federal law.
EXPLAIN the different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law

9. EXPLAIN the different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law
Balance…
Overt resistance should not be exaggerated. The south and abolitionists exaggerated to amount of resistance. In most northern states the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced.
EXPLAIN the different reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law

10. To what extent did the Fugitive Slave Law (1850) increase sectional tension?
Small Extent
Large Extent
Write one sentence that makes your answer to the question clear.
Write sentences that contain relevant, accurate and detailed evidence.
Use the knowledge you have just recalled to explain why your opinion is right and justified.
Write one PEE paragraph that explains your answer to this question.
DECIDE how far the Fugitive Slave law created tension between the North and South

11. To what extent did the Fugitive Slave Law (1850) increase sectional tension?
Peer Assessment
1 point – if your partner makes a clear point in their first sentence about what there opinion is on this topic.
2 points – if your partner uses detailed evidence that covers more than one group in American society.
3 points – if your partner explains why the evidence justifies the level of tension outlined in sentence one.
Write one sentence that makes your answer to the question clear.
Write sentences that contain relevant, accurate and detailed evidence.
Use the knowledge you have just recalled to explain why your opinion is right and justified.
DECIDE how far the Fugitive Slave law created tension between the North and South

12. Review: Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
Give a mark out of 10, based on how much tension you think the Fugitive Slave Law (1850) caused. Be prepared to explain your mark
Explain 2 reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
Recall 3 facts about laws concerning Fugitive Slaves

13. Flipped Learning Read the handout you have been given on Abolitionism
Highlight 10 key points in the article about the growth of Abolitionism in the North
Star what you believe are the 3 most important points
DUE: Next America lesson