From Compromise To Conflict

DIRECTIONS: Many issues divided the north and south before the Civil War. Perform a Popcorn-Reading session with your group of today’s reading to complete PART I of the diagram below. Then STOP, and discuss the issue to see if you can work out a compromise between each side, something that would satisfy both the North and the South. After your compromise, Mr. M will reveal what actually happened

The book was popular/unpopular (circle one) in the North because

Mr. M reveals what actually happened

Issue 1: The Fugitive Slave Law caused bitterness between the North & South (pg 280)

Issue 2: The book Uncle Tom’s Cabin told the story of a slave and his master (VIDEO)

Issue 3: The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated that the issue of slavery in those territories would be decided by popular sovereignty. Both pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces rushed to the territories to vote (VIDEO)

Issue 4: The Dred Scott case. Scott was a slave who believed his trip to Wisconsin made him a free man (pg284)

The book was popular/unpopular (circle one) in the South because

Northerners were satisfied/dissatisfied with the way the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced because

Southerners were satisfied/dissatisfied with the way the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced because

Northerners were pleased/unhappy (circle one) about the act because

Southerners were pleased/unhappy (circle one) about the act because

Northerners probably believed he was free/still a slave (circle one) because

Southerners probably believed he was free/still a slave (circle one) because

POSSIBLE SUSPECTS REASONS FOR SUSPISCION OR GUILT

DO NOW : 10 minutes

•The Year is 1854…The brand new territories of Kansas & Nebraska are open for settlement. Congress has decided to let the PEOPLE DECIDE whether or not these territories FREE or SLAVE territories. Is this a good idea? Why or why not?

•Explain…Make sure your answer is in complete sentences.