Civil War

EQ: How did Congress try to resolve the dispute between North & South over slavery?

HW#9 P. 324-325, 327-329, 331. 

Answer: P. 325 Ckpt, *(Use the Note Taking Strategy on the bottom left to answer ALL of the questions) 

HW#10 P. 332-334, 336-337, 339-341, 343-345: Complete the Worksheet

Do Now: Wilmot Proviso

I. Sectionalism causes rift

A. Wilmot ProvisoB. Northern Views

1. Slavery ends slowly after 18002. Most feel blacks as inferior3. Abolitionists vocal minority

C. Southern Views1. integral to life

II. Avoidance

A. Admission of California1. Petitioned to be a Free State2. Causes major uproar (why?)3. South threatens to secede

B. Clay’s Proposal1. CA admitted as a free state2. NM and UT to use Popular Sovereignty3. Slave trade ended in DC4. Congress to pass new Fugitive Slave Law5. Texas gives up claim to NM for $10 million

C. Compromise of 1850 passes

D. New Fugitive Slave Act1. Amends earlier act making it stricter

a. fines and/or prison

Civil War

EQ: How did the Fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas-Nebraska Act increase tensions between the North and South?

HW#11 P. 346-353, 360-362, 367-371Take Notes in your Homework Section for an open notes reading quiz.Due Tuesday

Do Now: Read and fill out the Whig Party Platform and record your findings on the Graphic Organizer

III. Abolitionist Movement

A. North defies new Fugitive Slave Law1. personal liberty laws passed in the

North to nullify act2. Underground Railroad3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

B. Kansas-Nebraska Act1. Nullifies Missouri Compromise

C. Bleeding Kansas1. Opposing cities petition for

statehood2. Violence between pro-slave and

anti-slavea. John Brown

3. Congress increases in tension

D. Dred Scott Decision1. Scott tried to sue master for freedom2. slaves are property

E. Harper’s Ferry1. John Brown leads violent

revolt to free slaves2. Fails &executed

Civil War

EQ: What developments deepened the divisions between the North and South?

HW#9 P. 350-353, 360-362, 367-371Take Notes in your Homework Section for an open notes reading quiz.

IV. Political ideology & shiftsA. Parties shift and disintegrate

1. Democrats, Whigs, Know-Nothings, Free Soil, Republican

Democratic Party • Opposed strong central gov

• Divided over slavery

Whig Party • Favored nat’l economic development

• Opposed Jackson• Antislavery members

leave 1850s

Know-Nothings/American Party

• Opposed immigration• Joined by antislavery

Whigs• Took proslavery

platform in 1856

Free-Soil Party • Prevent slavery in west

• Formed by antislavery Democrats & Whigs

• Absorbed into new Republican Party

Republican Party • Opposed slavery• Opposed Kansas-

Nebraska Act

B. Lincoln vs. Douglas

1. Lincoln (Republican) antislavery2. Douglas (Democrat) pro slavery –

popular sovereignty & annexation of Texas

Civil War

EQ: What developments deepened the divisions between the North and South?

HW: NO HW, but DBQ on the horizon

Do Now: 1. Finish quiz2. Work on reading, underline/highlight3. What is the document about?4. What reasons do they give for their Declaration?

V. SecessionA. S.C. secedes after Lincoln is electedB. Other state in deep south follow

1. Form the Confederate States of America2. Jefferson Davis Prez3. Capital Richmond, VA

C. Crittenden Compromise fails

D. South attacks Fort Sumter, S.C. starts fighting

VI. WarA. Union advantages

1. More population2. Industrialized3. Natural resources4. RR network5. Navy

B. Confederacy1. Psychological2. Leadership3. No need to conquer North

C. Emancipation Proclamation1. Frees all slaves in states of rebellion

after Jan. 1, 18632. Loyal states remain slave3. Popular to North4. South refuses to make peace5. African-Americans eager to join army

(Militia Act)

D. Life in the North

1. income tax (3% over $800)2. Bonds3. Legal Tender Act of 18624. Homestead Act5. Conscription (20-45 years)

A. $300 replacementB. Draft Riots

6. Copperheads7. Habeas Corpus suspended

E. Life in the South1. Naval Blockade2. Inflation3. Unity weakens

Civil War

EQ: What was the final outcome and impact of the Civil War?

HW:DBQ in class tomorrow

Do Now: Work on reading, underline/highlight, then summarize

F. Effects of the War

A. War ends at Appomattox CourthouseB. South left in shamblesC. Half million dead, 500,000 severely woundedD. Solidified Federal Authority over states

VII. ReconstructionA. Lincoln’s 10% Plan

1. Loyalty Oath2. Abolish slavery in state gov’ts3. Provide education for freedmen

B. Radical Reconstruction1. Full citizenship for freedmen2. Right to vote3. Punishment for the South4. Wade-Davis Bill5. Freedmen’s Bureau

C. Andrew Johnson’s plan

1. Offered pardons and restoration of lands to any confederate who pledged Loyalty Oath

2. Each state Ratifies 13th amendment3. Abolish slavery in state constitution4. Pro-states rights

a. states pass black codesb. Vetoes Civil Rights Act of 1866

D. Congressional Actions•1. 14th Amendment•2. impeachment of Johnson•3. 15th Amendment

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

E. Reconstruction in the South

•1. Lives of Freedmen▫A. segregation

1. Plessey v. Ferguson▫B. sharecropping▫C. tenant farming▫D. KKK▫E. Enforcement Acts

•2. scalawags•3. carpetbaggers•4. Compromise of 1877

How are these three impacted?

•Women, state and national politics, state and federal power

What were the positive effectsnegative?