EOCT Review Questions

1. All of the following issues led to the American Revolution EXCEPT a. Taxation without representation b. citizens forced to house soldiers c. colonial trade limited to Britain d. the limitation of government power

Unit 4: A Nation Divided

Lesson 1: Tensions over Slavery and popular sovereignty

Warm Up

Differences between North and South North South Population 21.5 million 9 Million Factories 110,000 20,000 Railroads 21,700 miles 9,000 miles What are the noticeable differences between the Nort Cotton 4,000 and the South? 5 million How might these tangible differences lead to larger (bushels) issues?

SSUSH8 The student will explain the relationship between growing northsouth divisions and westward expansion. a. Explain how slavery became a significant issue in American politics; include the slave rebellion of Nat Turner and the rise of abolitionism (William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and the Grimke sisters). b. Explain the Missouri Compromise and the issue of slavery in western states and territories.

 As the political discussion of slavery became more intense, so did the social movement to end slavery Abolitionist: an individual who wants to end slavery Grimke Sisters: South Carolina sisters who moved north to promote the abolitionist movement William Lloyd Garrison became one of the countrys leading abolitionists, publishing the proabolitionist newspaper the Liberator. Frederick Douglass, a former slave, published the newspaper the North Star and an autobiography
Grimke Sisters

Early 1800s: Strengthening of the Abolition Movement

Slavery and the Southern Economy

The South was mainly agricultural with little manufacturing The main crops during the mid 1800s were rice and cotton, both of which required extensive labor to produce Though slavery was prevalent in the South, the majority of Southerners did not own slaves

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Slavery: The North and South and Westward Expansion

North:
-Most states had emancipated their slaves or outlawed slavery by 1800s -Didnt want slavery to spread to the West -Opposed slavery for political, moral, or economic reasons

South: -Southern farms dependent upon slave labor

-Wanted to have power in Congress in order to expand Slavery

New Western Territories

In 1819 the U.S. consisted of 11 free and 11 slave states Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state in 1819 To offset the imbalance, Maine applied for statehood as a free state The Missouri Compromise granted statehood to both

Missouri Compromise

Maine enters union as FREE state Missouri enters union as SLAVE state Missouri Compromise Line (36*30 latitude) Any new states ABOVE the line = FREE Any new states BELOW the line = Slave Temporary solution to slavery issue

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The fix workedfor 30 years

Fast forward to 1849: CA gold rush causes CA to SOAR in population size. In 1849 CA applied for statehood as free state, causing a problem of unequal # of free and slave states again. But, the 36*30 line wont solve the problem as it cut California in half

Nat Turners Revolt Slave Codes : restrictions on slaves, preventing them from
learning to read and write Nat Turner, a Virginia slave and Preacher, believed God had chosen him to lead a revolt Turner and his followers killed more than 50 people before being caught Turner and 19 men hanged! Turners Revolt led to states passing even stricter codes and restrictions on slaves (no more slave ministers).

Work Session-Perspective Writing:

Write two journal entries on the subject of slavery before the Civil War. One journal entry should be from the southern perspective, and one from the northern perspective. Topics to include: Slavery, economy, western expansion/issues leading to the Missouri Compromise, Nat Turners rebellion

Exit Ticket!
How did the Missouri Compromise temporarily settle the issue of expansion and slavery in the United States?
Why was another compromise needed in 1850?