America gets BIGGER • Texas was annexed (added) after it broke away from Mexico in 1845 • The was added in after a war between the US and Mexico – Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
• Washington and Oregon were added after a treaty was signed with Great Britain in 1846.
Map of the United States in 1872
What to do about slavery?
Missouri Compromise (1820) • Maine and Missouri were new states – Maine = Free state – Missouri = Slave state
• And the?rest…?
– 36o30’ Parallel dividing line (Mason-Dixon line)’ • North = Slavery illegal • South = Slavery allowed
1849: Gold Rush in California!
What to do about slavery?
Popular Sovereignty means: “The People”
means: “Rule”
Popular Sovereignty meant that the people in each territory would vote In other words… to decide whether or not slavery “The people decide” would be allowed there.
What to do about slavery?
Compromise of 1850 • The “Great Compromise” Said… –CA entered the Union as a free state –Popular sovereignty in NM and Utah –The abolition of the slave trade in D.C. –Stronger fugitive slave law
Missouri Compromise • Maine and Missouri were new states – Maine = Free state – Missouri = Slave state
• And the?rest…?
– 36’30o Parallel dividing line (Mason-Dixon line) • North = Slavery illegal • South = Slavery allowed
Compromise of 1850
1854: Kansas & Nebraska Act • Proposed by Stephen Douglas • The Act Said: – Kansas & Nebraska will also have pop. sov. • Nebraska = Voted free state • Kansas = Voted slave state –But, was it a fair election? –Both anti-slavery and pro-slavery forces begin to stream into Kansas…
Bleeding Kansas • 1855-57: mini-Civil War (dress rehearsal) – Pro-slavery forces attacked abolitionists – Abolitionist John Brown massacred slavery forces
Lincoln vs. Douglas Debates (1858) • Abraham Lincoln (R) and Stephen Douglas (D) battle for position of Senator from Illinois
Lincoln vs. Douglas Debates (1858) • Abraham Lincoln (R) and Stephen Douglas (D) battle for position Senator from Illinois Douglas wonofthe Senate seat. – The nation paid close attention • Lincoln: Opposed the spread of slavery But Lincoln “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I won the cannot endure believe this government permanentlyPresidency half slave and half free.”
two years • Douglas: Believed in “state’s rights” later (1860)
But Lincoln won the Presidency two years later
Secession! • To secede means to formally withdraw membership, to break away from, and to break all ties • On December 20, 1860, South Carolina seceded from the United States
…and the Civil War began!
Then there was a war… US Civil War (1861-1865)
Then Lincoln freed the slaves… 1863: Emancipation Proclamation means: freedom means: statement or speech 1864: 13th Amendment says “no slavery” 1868: 14th Questions Amendment are citizens forsays nextslaves time… African Americans free? can vote 1870: 15thWere Amendment says really all citizens Did Lincoln really free them?
What happened next? Lincoln was assassinated (April 14, 1865)…
…America had to figure out how to put the country back together again
Build-up to Civil War Comic Strips ①Pick a comic strip template
②Draw a storyboard depicting the key details from the top 5 events on the timeline ③Include text and color to enhance your ideas
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Who was Abraham Lincoln? • 16th President • From Illinois “If I could preserve the
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Union by freeing all of Not radical the aslaves, I would…
abolitionist, merely If I could preserve wanted to stopthe the Union by freeing none spread of slavery of the slaves, I would.” • Will fight the Civil War to preserve the Union
Evaluate this Statement “Slavery was the sole cause of the Civil War.”
Emancipation Proclamation • Um…
Civil War Casualties Compared to Other Wars
Secession! • To secede means to formally withdraw membership, to break away from, and to break all ties
Some states seceded as soon as Lincoln was elected
The Importance of Fort Sumter
April, 1861
The Importance of Fort Sumter • North provoked to fight • South seen as the aggressor • Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and N.C. join the Confederacy but Border States do NOT
Secession! • To secede means to formally withdraw membership, to break away from, and to break all ties
• Slide on the advantages of the North vs. South
• Show images of battles/war-torn South
• Figure out how the war ended…
• Probably something on Lincoln’s assassination
• Intro to Reconstruction • Include Family Guy video here
