Vocabulary CardsWrite word and draw a picture on 1 side, write the def. in your
own words on the other.
• Free State- a state in which slavery was illegal. Northern states were free states.
• Slave State- a state in which slavery was legal. The Southern and Border states were slave states.
Missouri Compromise
• Issue: Missouri wants to be added as a state, the North doesn’t want slavery to spread, the South doesn’t want the North to have more power.
• Compromise: Missouri added as slave state, Maine added as free state. Slavery illegal above Missouri’s bottom border.
Missouri Compromise
• Result: North and South have same # of votes in Congress
Compromise of 1850
• Issue: California wants to be added as a free state. South upset b/c North will have more power in Congress
• Compromise: California is a free state, UT & NM will decide for themselves if slavery is allowed, Fugitive Slave Law is created (north must return runaway slaves to south).
• Result: USA is held together by compromise, each side is temporarily satisfied.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Issue: KS and NE apply to become states. Missouri Compromise says no slavery, but Gov. must decide if slavery is allowed or not.
• Compromise: KS and NE added and will decide by vote of the settlers to be free or slave states.
• Result: “Bleeding Kansas” South sends pro-slavery people to live in KS & NE to vote for slavery, North sends anti-slavery people to vote NO. Leads to violence between 2 sides.
Do Now
• Write 5 review questions for the first part of the Causes of the Civil War notes in Sponge Notebook.
Vocabulary
Sectionalism- placing the wants and needs of one region above those of the whole country
Secede- To withdraw formally from membership in an organization, association, or alliance. (Southern states seceded from the USA to form the Confederate States of America).
Civil War- a war between political groups or regions within the same country.
Confederacy- a league or alliance of states
Dred Scott Decision
• Issue: Slaves Dred & Harriet Scott sue for freedom b/c under their dead master, they lived in free territories.
Dred Scott
• Decision of the US Supreme Court:Slaves are not citizens & cannot sue Slave are property & can be taken anywhere,
therefore no territory is truly a “free state”
Decision of Supreme Court
• Result: Victory for the South- no limits to slavery, Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
Election of 1860
• Abraham Lincoln wins presidency. South feels states should decide if they want slavery or not, Lincoln says national gov should decide and wants rights for blacks. This leads the South to secede and form the Confederate States of America.
Firing at Fort Sumter
• Argument over whether the fort belonged to the US gov or the new Confederacy. CSA soldiers fire at US troops at Fort Sumter, SC to prevent the US troops from getting more supplies. This is the 1st battle of the Civil War, 1861.
Partner Work
• In pairs, 1 person will be the “South” and 1 will be the “North.”
• For each compromise/decision, discuss how your side felt about the decision.
• Write 1-2 sentences explaining why they felt that way.
Closing
• EQ- Did the compromises made settle the power struggle between North and South? Why or why not?
