Unit 10: Causes of the Civil War

Unit 10: Causes of the Civil War

What will we be learning? – As the nation began to grow and expand, new problems arose that led to increased tension in our country. The southern economy came to be dominated by cotton production relying heavily on slave labor. The addition of new western lands revived the debate over slavery. Congress attempted to put the question to rest with a series of compromises, which only increased the polarization between the North and the South. Abraham Lincoln, a Republican who hoped to stop the spread of slavery, was elected to the presidency in 1860. This prompted South Carolina and six other southern states to secede and form the Confederate States of America.

How will we be learning it? -- Videos, handouts, primary sources, power point presentations, and the textbook.

Topics covered (with page numbers) –

·  Regional differences in economies [pgs. 446-449, 428-443]

·  Abolitionist & Women’s Rights Movements. [pgs. 469-480]

·  Missouri Compromise [pgs. 368- 369]

[Ch.18, pgs. 552-575]:

·  Dred-Scott Decision

·  Kansas-Nebraska Act

·  Compromise of 1850

·  Lincoln-Douglas debates

·  Election of 1860

·  South’s secession

Your goals –

·  History

o  The practice of race-based slavery led to the forced migration of Africans to the American colonies. Their knowledge and traditions contributed to the development of those colonies and the United States.

o  Disputes over the nature of federalism, complicated by economic developments in the United States, resulted in sectional issues, including slavery, which led to the American Civil War.

·  Geography

o  Cultural biases, stereotypes and prejudices had social, political and economic consequences for minority groups and the population as a whole.

·  Economics

o  Choices made by individuals, businesses and government have both present and future consequences.

·  Government

o  Inform citizens understand how media and communication technology influence public opinion.

Unit 10 Study Guide

Part 1 – Ch. 14 & 15

Free labor vs. Slave labor

Cotton Gin

Cotton Boom

Abolitionist Movement

Abolition

Emancipation

Underground Railroad

Abolitionist figures

·  (Fredrick Douglass, Harriet Tubman)

Women’s Rights Movement

Seneca Falls Convention

Declaration of Sentiments

Women’s Rights figures

·  (Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott)

Part 2 – Ch. 18

Dred Scott Decision

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Missouri Compromise

Compromise of 1850

Fugitive Slave Act

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Popular Sovereignty

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Abraham Lincoln

Freeport Doctrine

Secession

John Brown

·  Raid on Harper’s Ferry

Fredrick Douglass

Republican Party

Confederate States of America

Keep in mind:

1.  How would each of these terms/people/events have helped lead to the Civil War? What impact did they have?