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The Road to Civil War (1861-1865)

The Road to Civil War (1861-1865). I’ll provide the information, you provide the visuals. Sectionalism. Loyalty to one’s geographic region rather than the nation. Early Signs of Sectionalism. 3/5 Compromise The Slave Trade Compromise The Northwest Land Ordinance

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The Road to Civil War (1861-1865)

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  1. The Road to Civil War (1861-1865) I’ll provide the information, you provide the visuals.

  2. Sectionalism • Loyalty to one’s geographic region rather than the nation.

  3. Early Signs of Sectionalism • 3/5 Compromise • The Slave Trade Compromise • The Northwest Land Ordinance • The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

  4. Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin

  5. Sectional Issues • Expansion of Slavery • Tariffs • The National Bank • Immigration • Federal Road and Canal Construction • The “right” of Nullification • National Unity v States’ Rights

  6. The Middle Passage

  7. The Missouri Compromise • The first attempt to resolve the issue of the expansion of slavery

  8. The Webster- Hayne Debate • National Unity vs States’ Rights

  9. Henry Clay’s Compromise Tariff • Why did the North and South almost split over the tariff issue?

  10. Nat Turner’s Revolt

  11. The Gag Rule • Congress vows not to mention the word slavery

  12. Abolitionists- The people who wanted to abolish slavery

  13. Manifest Destiny • The belief among Americans that the USA was destined to rule from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean

  14. The Mexican War and Cession

  15. Why was California becoming a State such a problem?

  16. The Compromise of 1850

  17. The Fugitive Slave Act

  18. Congress helps publish “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe

  19. The Kansas- Nebraska Act

  20. Bleeding Kansas

  21. Preston Brooks canes Charles Sumner! • Back street brawl in Congress!

  22. The Free Soil Party becomes the Republican Party • A story of how single issue political parties can influence politics in the USA.

  23. The Dred Scott Supreme Court Case • Did this Supreme Court decision make the Civil War inevitable? • Why do some say that this decision was the worst interpretation of the US Constitution ever?

  24. The Lincoln- Douglas Debates!

  25. John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia

  26. The Presidential Election of 1860

  27. South Carolina Secedes from the Union!

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