10- 1 : Growing Tensions Over Slavery
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10-1: Growing Tensions Over
SlaveryThe admission of new states to the
Union threatened to upset the balance between free states and
slave states.
Anticipatory Set
Remember: Both northerners & southerners hoped that the issue of
slavery had been settled.
California StandardsSocial Studies Standard 8.9.4: Discuss the
importance of the slavery issue as raised by the annexation of Texas and California’s admission to the union as a free state under the Compromise of 1850.
Social Studies Standard 8.9.5: Analyze the significance of the States’ Rights Doctrine, the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, Henry Clay’s role in the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850…
Social Studies Standard 8.10.1: Compare the conflicting interpretations of state and federal authority as emphasized in the speeches and writings of statesmen such as Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun.
Inputpopular sovereignty: people in the territory or state would vote directly on issues, rather than having their elected representatives decide.
secede: withdrawfugitive: runaway enslaved peopleHenry ClayJohn C. CalhounDaniel Webster
ResearchMain Idea & Details
1.Divide your paper into 2 sections.
2.Write down the section heading and the main idea. You will fill in the details at the end of the lesson.
InputSlavery and the Mexican-American War
The vast territory acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War reignited the controversy over slavery.
Representative David Wilmot of Pennsylvania
The Wilmot Proviso: In 1846, Representative David Wilmot of Pennsylvania proposed that Congress ban slavery in all territory that might become part of the U.S. as a result of the Mexican – American War.In August 1848, antislavery Whigs and Democrats formed a new party called the Free-Soil Party. It called for the territory gained in the Mexican – American War to be “free soil.”
InputA Biter Debate
The compromise proposed by Henry Clay produced one of the greatest debates in American History.
California’s admittance as a free or slave state caused controversy. Calhoun was against the compromise. He supported a constitutional
amendment to protect state’s rights, or the southern secession. Daniel Webster supported Clay’s proposal.
A Biter Debate
InputA Biter Debate
The compromise proposed by Henry Clay produced one of the greatest debates in American History.
California’s admittance as a free or slave state caused controversy. Calhoun was against the compromise. He supported a constitutional
amendment to protect state’s rights, or the southern secession. Daniel Webster supported Clay’s proposal.
InputSafari Montage
Congress: The Debaters
Bookmarked Section(Calhoun vs.
Webster) (11 min 11 sec)
Use the back of your paper to take notes on this video segment.
ResearchINDEPENDENT WORK
1.Read pages 356-359 in the History textbook.
2.Take more detailed notes based on the “big idea” concepts just introduced.
HOMEWORK CONNECTION
Complete 10-1 Section Quiz
Write a detailed SUMMARY of the section and complete the UNANSWERED QUESTIONS section of your notes.
Choose two of the remaining Depth & Complexity ICONS in your notes and explain how they relate to this section.