Pre-Civil War Learning Requirements (Plan & Do)

100% of students will be able to answer in detail:

� How did slavery divide America before the Civil War?

� What major events, issues, & beliefs caused the Civil War?

as evidenced by 80% or higher on Test.

Goals (Plan)

Benchmarks

Results (Study)

Class Goal My Goal My Score % of class that

met goal

80% %

DQ 1-7 (due October 7) % %

DQ 8-16 (due October 26) % %

Slavery �point (October 26) % %

DQ 17-28 (due November 4) % %

Vocab Quiz (November 3) % %

Timeline �point (November 4) % %

Test (November 9) % %

Commitments

(Do & Act)

Successes, Lessons, & Improvements

(Study)

Strategies to help students

understand, be successful,

& reach goals

+ (Plus)

Why it worked or how

it helped students

understand.

∆ (Delta)

A change or

improvement for

the future or lesson

learned.

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� Be prepared

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Pre-Civil War Daily Questions

2015 ?s 1-7 due Wednesday, October 7

/18 POINTS

Date Questions

Monday,

Sept. 28

/

4 POINTS

pg. 42

1. What four (4) major issues divided the US before the Civil

War?

Tuesday,

Sept. 29

/

5 POINTS

pp. 48-49

2. What two (2) inventions united the US in the early 1800s?

3. How did North(east), South, & West regions of US help each

other after the Industrial Revolution in the early 1800s?

North(east)

South

West

Wednesday,

Sept. 30

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Tuesday,

October 13

/

9 POINTS

pp. 51-53

4. What three (3) ways did the cotton gin affect life in the South?

5. How did spirituals help slaves?

Working

information

6. How did slave-owners view slaves?

7. What 2 ways did whites react to Nat Turner’s rebellion?

Pre-Civil War Vocabulary 2015 Create a flashcard to help you learn, remember, & review each vocab term.

Front=term + picture//Back=definition

Terms 46-56 due Friday, October 9

Terms 57-63 due Friday, October 30

46. cotton gin – machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that allowed

workers to clean 50 times more cotton than by hand

47. spirituals – religious folk songs sang by slaves that contained coded

messages about a planned escape or an owner’s unexpected return

48. abolition – the movement to end slavery

49. abolitionist – someone who tried to help end slavery

50. Underground Railroad – a series of aboveground escape routes with for

runaway slaves from the South to the North

51. Uncle Tom’s Cabin – 1852 abolitionist book by Harriet Beecher Stowe

about moral issues of slavery.

Page 43 –

right side

Page 45 – right side

52. Fugitive Slave Act – law included in the Compromise of 1850 that helped

slaveholders recapture runaway slaves in the North.

53. Missouri Compromise – Attempt #1 to solve slavery. 1820 law that

admitted Maine as a free state & Missouri as a slave state & kept the

balance of power between slave & free states in the Senate.

54. Compromise of 1850 – Attempt #2 to solve slavery. California was

admitted as a free state for Northerners & the Fugitive Slave Act was

included for Southerners.

55. Kansas-Nebraska Act – Attempt #3 to solve slavery. Popular sovereignty

would decide if territories were free or slave – this ended the 1820

Missouri Compromise.

56. popular sovereignty – when people vote to decide an issue

57. Bleeding Kansas – a 3-year war between proslavery & antislavery settlers

after 5,000 Missourians illegally voted to make Kansas a slave territory in

1855

58. nationalism – feeling pride, loyalty, and protectiveness towards your

country

59. sectionalism – loyalty, pride, & protectiveness for your region or section of

the country rather than the nation as a whole

60. protective tariff – a tax that makes goods from other countries more

expensive than American goods

61. states’ rights – a state can do what is best for it. Even if it means

nullifying, or rejecting, a federal law that it considers unconstitutional

62. secede (v) – to withdraw from the Union; based on states’ rights

63. secession (n) – withdrawal from the Union

Page 47 – right side Page 46 – left side

?s 8-16 due Monday, October 26

/21 POINTS

Wednesday,

October 14

–

Wednesday,

October 21

/

7 POINTS

pp. 55-59

8. What is the difference between abolition and an abolitionist?

Abolition

abolitionist

9. What was ironic about the Underground Railroad?

10. Describe what it was like to be a passenger or conductor on

the Underground Railroad. (3+ adjectives)

Wednesday,

October 21-

Friday,

October 23

/

8 POINTS

pg. 62

11. What moral dilemma did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 create

for Northerners?

Choice 1

Choice 2

12. What did Southerners claim about Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

13. What did the Dred Scott ruling say about slaves & slavery?

Slaves

Slavery

Thursday,

October 22

-

Friday,

October 23

/

6 POINTS

pp. 60-61

14. What is one word for popular sovereignty?

15. How did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850,

& the Kansas-Nebraska Act deal with slavery?

Missouri

Compromise

(3 words)

Compromise of 1850

(2 ways)

Kansas-

Nebraska Act

(2 words)

16. What caused Bleeding Kansas?

?s 17-28 due Wednesday, November 4 /22 POINTS

Tuesday,

October 27

/

4 POINTS

pp.64-65

17. How did protective tariffs help America? /2

18. What is the difference between nationalism and sectionalism?

Nationalism

Sectionalism

Wednesday,

October 28

/

5 POINTS

pg. 66-67

19. What three (3) sectional issues divided the US before the Civil War?

20. Why did the South dislike tariffs?

Thursday,

October 29

/

6 POINTS

pp. 68-69

21. What belief was the Republican Party founded on?

22. How did Abraham Lincoln & Stephen A. Douglas believe the

expansion of slavery should be handled?

Lincoln

Douglas

23. Why did John Brown attack the arsenal at Harpers Ferry?

24. How did the North & South view John Brown after his raid on

Harpers Ferry?

North

South

Friday,

October 30

-

Monday,

November 2

/

5 POINTS

pg. 70

25. What did the Democratic Parties believe in 1860?

Northern Democrats

Southern Democrats

26. Why was the election of 1860 important?

27. What 2 reasons did 7 southern states give for seceding after the

1860 presidential election?

Fear - “Proof” -

Tuesday,

November 3

/2 POINTS

pg. 71

28. What did the North and South agree on at the end of 1860?

Page 44 – left side

Page 63 –

right side