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APUSH

APUSH. 12/4/12. Open:. Reflect on the following question in a 5-7 sentence paragraph. Why did each attempt to compromise fail? Address specific compromise attempts. Tie this in to your experience in the simulation. Hand in when complete, will supplement your simulation grade!.

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APUSH

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  1. APUSH 12/4/12

  2. Open: • Reflect on the following question in a 5-7 sentence paragraph. • Why did each attempt to compromise fail? • Address specific compromise attempts. • Tie this in to your experience in the simulation. • Hand in when complete, will supplement your simulation grade!

  3. Simulation Final Thoughts? • Anything else you would like to add on the simulation? • Any proposals that weren’t considered fully?

  4. Odds ‘N Ends The Crisis of the Union

  5. Rise of Republican Party • Emerged as result from Kansas-Nebraska Act • Whigs collapsed • Gained popularity after the caning of Charles Sumner • Incorporating the following parties: • Northern Whigs • Free Soilers • Know-Nothings • Antislavery Democrats

  6. Republican Platform 1860 • Supported Wilmot Proviso • Believed Dred Scott invalid • No more expansion of slavery • Build transcontinental railroad • Free homesteads in West

  7. Nat Turner’s Rebellion (1831) • Definition: Slave revolt led by Nat Turner attacking white farm families in Virginia • 60 whites killed, mainly women and children • Turner captured and killed • Significance: Sent Southern writes into a panic—> strong defense of slavery

  8. John Brown at Harper’s Ferry 1859 • Definition: Led an armed assault against a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA • Brown was caught and hanged • Significance: • Remember “Bleeding Kansas”? • Pottawatomie Creek Massacre, 1856 • Mini Civil-War • Showed how violent the conflict was becoming

  9. Order of Secession • Abraham Lincoln (Republican) elected president Nov. 6, 1860 • South Carolina secedes Dec. 20, 1860 • Confederate States of America (CSA) formed Feb. 4, 1861 • Virginia secedes from the Union April 17, 1861

  10. TEST THURSDAY! • 30 (ish) multiple choice questions. • Open note!

  11. Let’s Review! Ideas • Find Partner #1. Then find another pair. • Create an illustrated timeline of events. • Create a game that outlines cause of secession. • Create a song, poem, etc. that describes a major theme of the unit. • Your choice! (Talk to Mrs. VM first.)

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