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Warm Up

Learn about sectionalism in the United States in 1820, the rise of divisional feelings, and the Missouri Compromise that sought to balance slave and free states. Explore the history of slavery and its impact on the nation. Map activity included.

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Warm Up

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  1. Warm Up Prepare for Notes

  2. The Era of Not So Good Feelings The Rise of Sectionalism

  3. The US in 1820

  4. What is Sectionalism? • The tendency to focus on a regions interests over the good of the whole • North versus South, Slave versus Free

  5. Underneath the Era of Good Feelings • Delay in divisional feelings • But slavery issue would come to forefront in 1820 • Missouri Territory wants to become state

  6. Flashback! Slavery • 1630’s – Slaves in VA • 1641 – Massachusetts legalizes slavery • 1705 – VA Slave codes passed • 1739 – Stono Rebellion in SC • 1776 – Declaration of Independence • 1780 – PA and NJ move for gradual emancipation • 1787 – Northwest Ordinance • 1788 – Constitution • 1793 – Cotton Gin • 1808 – Slave trade outlawed • 1817 – American Colonization Society founded • 1820 – Missouri Compromise

  7. Keeping the Balance • Congress concerned keeping same number of slave and free states • Missouri petitions to enter as slave state • Would unbalance in favor of slave states

  8. Henry Clay: The Great Compromiser • Henry Clay brokers a compromise between free and slave states • Missouri to be a slave state • Maine enters as a free state

  9. The Missouri Compromise Line • Prevents expansion of slavery north of Missouri’s southern border • 36 Degrees 30 Minutes North Latitude

  10. Map Activity • Outline the free states in one color and slave states in another • Label State Names • Label the Missouri Compromise Line • Label all Territories whether US or Foreign • When Finished Read Ch 10 Sec 3

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