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Bell Work 10-17-17
Explain the importance of:
1. Harriet Beecher Stowe
2. “Know-Nothings”
3. Missouri Compromise
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CHAPTER 7Essential Question:
What were the causes and outcomes of the Civil War and what impact did Reconstruction have on the nation?
Objectives
1. Identify differences between the North and the South.
2. Describe the Underground Railroad and other forms of protest against slavery.
3. Explain the political conditions that gave rise to the Republican Party and divided the Whigs
4. Describe the conflicts that led to secession.
7.1-7.2: The Divisive Politics of Slavery
Differences Between North & South
1. The 2 regions were noticeably different in their religion and culture.
2. The South, with agricultural economy relied on slave labor.
3. The North, with diversified industries, relied less on slavery.
4. Controversy over new states being free or slave.
Illinois (1818) Alabama (1819)
Indiana (1816) Mississippi (1817)
Ohio (1803) Louisiana (1812)
Vermont (1791) Tennessee (1796)
Rhode Island Kentucky (1792)
New York Virginia
New Hampshire North Carolina
Massachusetts South Carolina
Connecticut Maryland
New Jersey Georgia
Pennsylvania Delaware
Maine (1820)
Iowa (1846)
California (1850)
Michigan (1837)
Wisconsin (1848)
Free
States
Slave
States
Original
13
States
Missouri (1821)
Arkansas (1836)
Florida (1845)
Texas (1845)
Compromise of 1850
1. California became a free state.
2. The rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into two parts; Utah (UT) and New Mexico (NM).
3. people in UT and NM used popular sovereignty to decide on the slavery issue.
4. The slave trade ended in Washington, D.C.
5. The Fugitive Slave Law was passed
• You could be fined and/or
imprisoned for helping a
runaway slave.
Cazenovia, MA, Fugitive
Slave Law Convention held
on 21 and 22 August 1850;
Frederick Douglass is seated
at the right side of the table.
The Fugitive Slave Law
• All Americans, by law, were
required to help catch
runaway slaves.
• This law infuriated
northerners!
Protest, Resistance & Violence
1. Underground Railroad- a secret network of people who would hid fugitive slaves.
2. Harriet Tubman- “conductor” on the U.R. made 19 trips to the South to free some 300 slaves.
3. Harriet Beecher Stowe- wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
4. Brought the horrors of slavery into the homes of many Americans.
5. Increased protests against the Fugitive Slave Act.
1. The Nebraska Territory was divided into two parts: Nebraska (NE) and Kansas (KS).
2. The people of each territory voted on whether or not to allow slavery. (popular sovereignty)
*The Kansas-Nebraska Act violated the Missouri Compromise. Both territories were north of 36,30’N and should NOT have been allowed to have slaves!
• Both sides claimed
victory on the vote!
“Bleeding Kansas”
Before the vote on slavery:
• Northerners crossed the
border to keep KS a free
state.
• Southerners crossed the
border to make KS a slave
state.
7.1 Review/ Exit Slip
1. Define popular sovereignty
2. Name 3 events that led to the Civil War
3. Name one difference between the North and the South
