The Road to Civil War (1861-1865)

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The Road to Civil War (1861-1865). I’ll provide the information, you provide the visuals. Sectionalism. Loyalty to one’s geographic region rather than the nation. Early Signs of Sectionalism. 3/5 Compromise The Slave Trade Compromise The Northwest Land Ordinance - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Road to Civil War (1861-1865)

I’ll provide the information, you provide the visuals.

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Sectionalism

• Loyalty to one’s geographic region rather than the nation.

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Early Signs of Sectionalism

• 3/5 Compromise

• The Slave Trade Compromise

• The Northwest Land Ordinance

• The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

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Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin

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Sectional Issues

• Expansion of Slavery

• Tariffs

• The National Bank

• Immigration

• Federal Road and Canal Construction

• The “right” of Nullification

• National Unity v States’ Rights

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The Middle Passage

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The Missouri Compromise

• The first attempt to resolve the issue of the expansion of slavery

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The Webster- Hayne Debate

• National Unity vs States’ Rights

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Henry Clay’s Compromise Tariff

• Why did the North and South almost split over the tariff issue?

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Nat Turner’s Revolt

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The Gag Rule

• Congress vows not to mention the word slavery

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Abolitionists- The people who wanted to abolish slavery

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Manifest Destiny

• The belief among Americans that the USA was destined to rule from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean

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The Mexican War and Cession

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Why was California becoming a State such a problem?

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The Compromise of 1850

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The Fugitive Slave Act

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Congress helps publish “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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The Kansas- Nebraska Act

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Bleeding Kansas

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Preston Brooks canes Charles Sumner!

• Back street brawl in Congress!

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The Free Soil Party becomes the Republican Party

• A story of how single issue political parties can influence politics in the USA.

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The Dred Scott Supreme Court Case

• Did this Supreme Court decision make the Civil War inevitable?

• Why do some say that this decision was the worst interpretation of the US Constitution ever?

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The Lincoln- Douglas Debates!

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John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia

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The Presidential Election of 1860

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South Carolina Secedes from the Union!