SSUSH8 The student will
explain the relationship
between growing north-south
divisions and westward
expansion.
a. Explain how slavery became a significant issue in
American politics; include the slave rebellion of Nat
Turner and the rise of abolitionism
(William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, and the
Grimke sisters).
b. Explain the Missouri Compromise and the issue of
slavery in western states and territories.
Bell Ringer
1.
T or F – The Civil War was fought over the issue of
slavery.
2.
T or F – The Northern States were called Confederate
and the Southern States were called Union.
3.
T or F – The Emancipation Proclamation freed all
slaves from the bondage of involuntary servitude.
4.
T or F – Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves because he
loved all mankind, Black or White.
5.
T or F – Lincoln was a Democrat because the
Democratic Party was the political party that was
formed to oppose slavery.
Page 1
Essential Question
•
How did slavery come to be a significant issue in American
politics? (pg. 248-256)
–
•
Include the uprising of Nat Turner and the rise of the Abolition
movement via William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, and the Grimke
sisters.
Create a chart like the one below in which you plot the names of the individuals
above and their contribution to making slavery a significant political issue
Nat Turner
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglas
Grimke Sisters
Slavery and the Southern Economy
• The South was mainly agricultural with very little
manufacturing
• The main crops during the mid 1800s were rice
and cotton, both which required extensive labor
to produce
• Though slavery was prevalent in the South, the
vast majority of Southerners did not own slaves
Nat Turner’s Revolt
• Slave Codes put restrictions on slaves, preventing
them from learning to read and write and restricting
their rights
• Nat Turner, a Virginia slave, believed God had
chosen him to lead a revolt
• Turner and his followers killed more than 50 people
before being caught
• Turner’s Revolt led to states
passing even stricter codes
and restrictions on both
slaves and free African
Americans
Abolitionist
• Grimke Sisters: South Carolina sisters who
moved north to promote the abolitionist
movement
• William Lloyd Garrison became one of the
country’s leading abolitionist, publishing the proabolitionist newspaper the Liberator. He
believed in complete emancipation
• Fredrick Douglas, a former
slave from Maryland,
published the abolitionist
newspaper the North Star
and an autobiography
Page 2
Essential Question
•
How did the Missouri Compromise affect the admittance of new
states to the Union? (pg. 222-223)
•
What were the new criteria by which states were admitted?
•
First - Identify the Missouri Compromise [ define the Missouri
Compromise…e.g. What was it?]
•
Next – Describe the criteria by which new States were admitted into
the Union per the Missouri Compromise
•
Ex.
Missouri Compromise = …blah blah blah…blah.
Criteria for Admittance = States were admitted into the Union…blah blah
blah…blah & blah.
The Missouri Compromise
• In 1819 the U.S. consisted of 11 free and 11 slave states
• Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state in 1819
• To off set the imbalance Maine applied for statehood as
a free state
• The Missouri Compromise granted statehood to both
free and slave states and set a boundary for which areas
slavery could
expand in to
Why would the South agree
not to expand slavery into
the Unorganized Louisiana
Territory?