Unit 7: Antebellum Period Part III

SS8H6a: Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, Election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander Stephens.

Issues Leading to the Civil WarTopic Date What was the Issue? End Result(s)

Missouri Compromise of 1820 (p. 235)

Missouri Compromise of 1850 (p. 239)

The Georgia Platform (p. 240)

Kansas-Nebraska Act (p. 241)

Dred Scott Case (p. 241)

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Missouri Compromise of 1820

• 1819-USA had 22 states• 11 of those states allowed slavery in them= slave states• 11 of the remaining states banned slavery= free states• Issue = Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state in

1819…This would mess up the balance.• Result = in 1820, Congress adopted the Missouri

Compromise, which allowed Maine to enter the USA as free state.

• The Missouri Compromise banned slavery north of 36°20’ latitude.

HOTS

Which region of the U.S. believed that the statesshould be able to govern themselves without interference from the national government?a. Southern statesb. Northern statesc. Great Lakes statesd. Pacific Coast states

Hots

What discovery led to the Cherokee losing their land in Georgia?a. Oil in Columbusb. Zinc in Madisonc. Gold in Dahlonegad. Silver on Creek lands

Map of the Compromise of 1820

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Compromise of 1850

• By 1849, California’s population had drastically increased (Gold Rush of 1848).

• By 1850, there were 15 slave states and 15 free states in the USA.

• Issue = California wanted to enter in the USA as a free state.

HOTS

• 3. The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to?

a. Let Missouri have slavery until 1850b. All slavery in Maine but not Missouric. Maintain a balance of slave and free statesd. Return slaves captured in free states to slave

states

Compromise of 1850Benefits for the North (Results) Benefits for the South (Results)

•California came into the Union as a free state.•Slave trading was ended in Washington, D.C.•Texas gave up its idea of annexing New Mexico.

•The territories of New Mexico and Utah would determine whether they wanted to be a slave state or free state.•The residents of the Washington, D.C. could keep the slaves they already owned.•Congress would pass the Fugitive Slave Act stating that slaves who ran away to free states would be returned to their owners.

The Georgia Platform

• Issue = Georgians held a convention to discuss the Compromise of 1850.

• Result = the delegates accepted the Compromise of 1850 and decided not to secede (not to leave the USA).

• Many Georgians did not like the Compromise of 1850; however, Georgia politicians (Howell Cobb, Alexander Stephens, & Robert Toombs) encouraged the people of Georgia to accept it.

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HOTS

4. Which was not a result of the Compromise of 1850?

a. Owning slaves was forbidden in Washington D. C. b. Slavery was permitted in the new state of

Californiac. Importation of slaves from Africa was declared

illegald. Runaway slaves had to be returned to southern

owners.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Issue = In 1854, Kansas and Nebraska wanted to join the USA.

• Result = Both of these territories could vote on whether to allow or ban slavery.

• Northerners did not like the Kansas-Nebraska Act because the Missouri Compromise had already banned slavery north of 36°20’ latitude, in 1820.

• Arguments and fights broke out over Kansas and Nebraska between the proslavery and free soilers groups.

HOTS

5. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?

a. It admitted Missouri to the Union as a free state.b. It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraskac. It permitted slavery north of Missouri’s southern

boundary.d. It changed the requirements necessary for a

territory to become a state.

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Political Cartoons A

Political Cartoons B

Dred Scott Case

• In 1834, Dred Scott, a slave was taken by his owner from the slave state of Missouri to the free state of Illinois.

• Then they went to live in the free state of Wisconsin.• Issue = When Dred Scott’s owner and him moved back

to Missouri (slave state), Dred filed a lawsuit against his owner.

• Result = In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott did not have the right to sue his master, because he was a slave.

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Lincoln and leading to WAR!!!

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Tonight’s Homework

• Writing Prompt Topic- In a paragraph or more, explain how did Abraham Lincoln’s presidential election of 1860 led to The American Civil War? Use facts learned in class to support your response.

Election of 1860 Political Cartoon

Election of 1860 Political Cartoon

Causes of the Civil War (Review)Economic Differences North= Industrial

South= Agriculture/Farming

States’ Rights North= Believed the federal government/Constitution are supreme throughout the nation.South= Believed in states’ rights and believed that the federal government did not have the right to tell them what to do.

Sectionalism North= Wanted tariffs on imported goodsSouth= Did not want tariffs on imported goods, due to their trade relationship with Great Britain

Slavery North= Banned slaverySouth= Relied on slavery for the production of cash crops

Election of 1860 & Secession

North= Voted in Abraham Lincoln as the 16th U.S. PresidentSouth= 11 states seceded from the Union as a result of Lincoln’s win

Reference

Blankenship, G. and Wood, V. (2009). Georgia: CRCT Test Prep, 8th Grade Georgia Studies. Atlanta, GA: Clairmont Press, Inc.