The North and South Differences Cause a Strain in the National Relationship

1. The North and SouthDifferences Cause a Strainin the National Relationship

2. SWBAT • Describe the differences between the Northern and Southern economies • Explain how the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska act were intended to settle the issue of slavery. • Name and describe two incidents were John Brown shed blood. • Describe and explain the Southern reaction to Lincoln’s election in 1860

3. How do these pictures demonstrate an expanding industrial capability?

4. Industry Expands • By 1861, the North has significantly more rails than the South. • What impact does this have? • Which portion of the USA is more industrial?

5. South Expands Cotton Production • The cotton gin makes cotton more _________ • Cotton plantations _______ and produce more • What else expands?

6. South Expands Cotton Production • The importation of slaves was ______ in 1807. • The “______” for slave labor grew. How supplied? • The internal slave trade __________-. • What happens to the price of slaves if the supply is lowered?

7. The Mexican-American War • The war added 500,000 square miles to the country • President Polk wanted to extend the _________ _____________ 36°30’ line to the west coast • Others proposed “_________ _________” • The House passed the Wilmot Proviso _______ slavery in the Mexican cession. • The Senate did not. • Why? Or How?

8. Clay’s Compromise of 1850 • _________ would enter the Union as a _____ state • The rest of the Mexican Cession would be settled under “__________ ___________” • Slave auctions would ____ in Wash. D.C. (but not slavery) • A more effective federal “_______ _______” law would be enacted

9. Fugitive Slave Act • Federal and state agents were authorized to _______and _________ fugitive slaves. • The fugitives were taken to US Commissioners. • No ______ and only _______were allowed to testify • Anyone ___________ could be put in jail and fined. • _________ movements in the North grew

10. 1954 Kansas-Nebraska Act • Stephen Douglas wanted a railroad from ________ westward, southern politicians wanted it from ____________to California. • To get southern support, Douglas put into his bill, that the northern territories would be “_______” to slavery if the settlers _______ for it. • Northerners were _______ but the bill passed into ______

11. _________ Kansas • Both southern and northern ________ flocked to Kansas to populate it with their own supporters. • Two separate ___________ were elected. • The city of Lawrence was burned by __________ forces. • _____________killed five pro-slavery men in response. • Bloody clashes continued until a federal governor with military authority was sent.

12. Another Bloody Incident • Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts delivered speech criticizing __________forces in Kansas and personally criticized a southern senator Butler. • Butler’s nephew, a congressman, _____Sumner with a _____.

13. Election of 1856 • Issues: Expanding or limiting _______ and internal ______________. Main candidates: • Buchannan a Southern ___________ • Fremont an exclusively northern _____________

14. The Dred Scott Decision • Dred Scott sued for his ________ based on his having been taken into “______” territory. • 11 years later the Supreme Court ruled: • Blacks were ___ ________ and therefore could not sue • When Scott returned to Missouri, his status was determined by Missouri’s laws • The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was ________________ because it deprived citizens of their ____________

15. Lincoln-Douglas Debates • Abraham Lincoln ran as a ________ against the Democrat Stephen Douglas for a Senate seat from Illinois • Lincoln stressed the main issue was the spread of ______ in the west and that the nation could not “survive _________ slave and half free” • Douglas said that proved Lincoln wanted every state to be a ____ state and states should be able to ___________ • Lincoln _______to Douglas

16. Harper’s Ferry Incident • October 16, 1859, ____ _______and some men took over the ______ in Harpers Ferry • Some of his men went to slave plantations in hope of inciting a _____________. • The next day, Col Robert E. Lee had marines capture Brown. • After a trial, Brown was hanged for __________, _______, and _________

17. Election of 1860 Make 5 observations about this map.

18. Southern Reaction to Lincoln’s Election • Not waiting for his inauguration, South Carolina ________ believing Lincoln would ___ slavery in the south when he became president. • Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas joined SC and formed the ______ electing Jefferson Davis as President. • Lincoln believed only amendments or revolution could _________ the Union • In question was who owned FT Sumter in SC? • Lincoln vowed to hold _______ land but would not provoke a fight.

19. Slavery: a State’s Rights Issue? • A • b • C • d

20. a • A • b • C • d