Warm Up:Divide your paper in half and create this T-chart.

Arguments for Slavery Arguments against slavery

Today’s Question:

What events led up to the Civil War?

Today’s Activities:

1. Watch videos/takes notes on events leading up to Civil War

2. In groups: lean about one event leading up to the war and prepare to teach the class about it

Compromise:

An agreement that is reached when both sides

agree to give up something.

Missouri Compromise of 1820

There was a debate about whether new western territories would be ________ states or ________ states.

The Missouri Compromise added _______ as a slave state and ______ as a free state. This helped to balance slave states and free states.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTSbn5cE4LA

Compromise of 1850

In 1850, California entered the United States as a ________ state.

 In return, _________ southerners demanded stronger

fugitive slave laws. Southwest territories would decide the issue of

_________for themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvlUqV1vwTc

Kansas Nebraska Act

The ______ in each territory could decide whether to allow slavery or not. This was called popular sovereignty.

Events leading up to war:

In groups:

• Each group will be responsible for learning about ONE event leading up to the Civil War.

• Your group will teach the class about that event by telling a story. Make sure you include specific dates,

names, and places!

• You may create a skit, song, poem