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Warm Up

Explore the important events and compromises surrounding the issue of slavery during the Manifest Destiny and Sectional Crisis period. Learn about the Compromise of 1850, the Abolitionist Movement, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott Decision, and more.

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Warm Up

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  1. Warm Up Take out Venn Diagrams

  2. Directions Take out Your Manifest Destiny / Sectional Crisis Worksheets Notes / Announcements / Reminders

  3. 10 Years to Secession Important Events

  4. The Legacy of Manifest Destiny • Does slavery get to expand along with the country? • Should the expansion of slavery be limited?

  5. Compromise of 1850 • California was admitted as a free state. • Slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia. • New Mexico and Utah were allowed popular sovereignty. • The Fugitive Slave Act was passed, requiring all U.S. citizens to assist in the return of runaway slaves. • Texas gave up much of the western land which it claimed

  6. Important Events / Define / Make A Timeline • 1850 – Compromise of 1850 / Fugitive Slave Act • 1852 – Uncle Tom’s Cabin • 1854 – Kansas – Nebraska Act • 1854-56 – Bleeding Kansas • 1856 – Sumner Brooks Incident • 1857 – Dred Scott Decision • 1858 – Lincoln/Douglas Debates • 1859 – John Brown’s Raid • 1860 – Lincoln’s Election • 1860 – SC Secedes

  7. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe Opens the eyes of many Northerners to slavery Bestseller Abolition grows Uncle Tom’s Cabin

  8. Prepare for Movie on Sectional Crisis Time Period Write 3 Facts about Each President Mentioned

  9. Warm Up Take out your Manifest Destiny / Sectional Crisis Review Sheets Take out Notes. Write James Buchannan and number 1-5

  10. The Abolitionist Movement

  11. Abolitionist Movement • Started as wanting a gradual end to slavery • Gradual Emancipation • Original supporters were the Quakers and other Christians

  12. The American Colonization Society • 1816 • Resettle African Americans in Caribbean and Africa • Founded Liberia

  13. “The End of Slavery!” • 1830’s calls for end of slavery started • Many anti-slavery newspapers are founded

  14. Leader of the Movement • William Lloyd Garrison • American Abolitionist Society

  15. Slavery: A National Issue • End Slavery because it was un-Christian • End spread of slavery • End all slavery

  16. The Underground Railroad • Supported by many Abolitionists • Quakers • System for escaping slaves

  17. Congress and Slavery

  18. Destroy the Slave Power! • 3/5 Compromise has created a unfair representation advantage in southern states • South has held a stranglehold on American politics since founding under Constitution

  19. Who is the Slave Power? • The Southern Planters • Controlled all the land • Controlled the government • Controlled the laws

  20. The Slave Power at Home • Southern states have begun to abridge basic civil rights to all southerners to prevent slave rebellions • Examples • No freedom of speech in Newspapers • No abolitionist newspapers

  21. Work on Manifest Destiny / Sectional Crisis Review Sheet

  22. Kansas - Nebraska

  23. Kansas Nebraska Act • Opens the newly organized territory to decide slavery by popular sovereignty • Would repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820

  24. Bleeding Kansas • 1854-1856 • People begin to literally fight it out over slavery • Free Soiler v Slavers

  25. SC Representative Preston Brooks attacks MA Senator Charles Sumner after speech given against Kansas Nebraska Act 1856 – Sumner Brooks Incident

  26. Sumner Brooks Incident • Outraged people in the North • Begins the philosophical divide between North and South • Perceived differences

  27. In what is perhaps the most infamous case in its history, the court decided that all people of African ancestry -- slaves as well as those who were free -- could never become citizens of the United States and therefore could not sue in federal court. The court also ruled that the federal government did not have the power to prohibit slavery in its territories. Scott, needless to say, remained a slave. 1857 – Dred Scott Decision

  28. Warm Up Prepare for Notes Have out your Manifest Destiny Sectional Crisis Review Sheet

  29. 1858 – Lincoln/Douglas Debates

  30. Lincoln & Douglas • Debates featured major issues of upcoming 1860 election • Slavery • States Rights • Expansion of Slavery

  31. Debate Issues • During the Debates Lincoln outlined beliefs of new Republican Party • Free Soil • End Slavery Expansion • Powerful National Gov’t • Stephen Douglas was pro-Southern Democrat • States Rights • Popular Sovereignty • Pro Slavery

  32. 1859 – John Brown’s Raid

  33. Outcome of John Brown’s Raid • Corporal Robert E. Lee sent to retake armory • Brown Captured. Becomes hero in North, villain in South • Executed, becomes folk hero to Abolitionists • Scares Southerner that a Northernor would fight, kill and die for his anti-slavery beliefs.

  34. The 1860 Election • www.270towin.com • Democrats Split, Run Northern and Southern Candidate • Republicans Run Lincoln

  35. Results: • The North outvotes the South on total electoral college votes and population • South Carolina and the South feel threatened • Moves for secession

  36. Deep Thoughts Work on the deep thoughts section of your review sheet. Tomorrow: Have 21C materials

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