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US 1 Tue 5/3/2011 Civil War unit– Day 6 DIRECTIONS: Yesterday, at the end of class, the Compromise of 1850 was revealed… but as you can probably predict, this won’t keep the North and South happy. Pick either a or b, and answer. a) One aspect of the Compromise of 1850 was the commitment to make a new law to make it easier to find and reclaim runaway slaves. Describe what you think this new law will say, and predict whether or not North & South will both be happy with it. b) What do you think the next issue to cause problems between the North & South will be? Do you think any recent issues will resurface? If so, which ones? c)
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US 1 Tue 5/3/2011 Civil War unit– Day 6
DIRECTIONS: Yesterday, at the end of class, the Compromise of 1850 was revealed… but as you can probably predict, this won’t keep the North and South happy. Pick either a or b, and answer.
a) One aspect of the Compromise of 1850 was the commitment to make a new law to make it easier to find and reclaim runaway slaves. Describe what you think this new law will say, and predict whether or not North & South will both be happy with it.
b) What do you think the next issue to cause problems between the North & South will be? Do you think any recent issues will resurface? If so, which ones?
c)
US 1 Tue 5/3/2011 Civil War unit– Day 6
DIRECTIONS: For STEP 1, in your groups, read pp. 280-282 (up to the sub-section “Bloodshed in Kansas”) in your books and fill out the graphic organizer. Then, for STEP 2, predict what will happen in the territories. Remember: Pay close attention to changes & old issues/circumstances that start to push the North & South apart.
Northern were satisfied/dissatisfied (circle one) with the way the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced because …
Southerners were satisfied/dissatisfied (circle one) with the way the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced because …
POSSIBLE SUSPECTS(Changes &/or Old
Issues)
ISSUE 1: The Fugitive Slave Law caused bitterness between the North & South
ISSUE 2: The book Uncle Tom’s Cabin told the story of a slave and his master.
STEP 2: Your group’s prediction about what will happen when both pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces rush to the territories to vote:
STEP 1
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.
The book was popular/unpopular (circle one) in the North because…
The book was popular/unpopular (circle one) in the South because…
Northerners were pleased/unhappy (circle one) about the act because …
Southerners were pleased/unhappy (circle one) about the act because …
