Do Now Nov. 12th 2012
• Is the issue of slavery still
important to be studied in school
today? Why/why not? Does
talking about slavery unite or
divide us today? Give examples.
• Are there any lasting impact of
slavery still existing today?
DoNow Nov. 13th, 2012
• Why did the South depend more
on slave labor than the North?
• Are there any issues that create
divisions between regions in the
US today? Examples
DoNow Nov. 14th,2012
•What did the Missouri
Compromise and the
Missouri Compromise
line do?
Standard – SSUSH 8
The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south
divisions and westward expansion.
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Explain how slavery became a significant issue in American
politics; include Nat Turner’s Rebellion and the rise of
abolitionism [William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and
the Grimke sisters].
Explain the Missouri Compromiseof 1820 and the issue of
slavery in western states and territories.
Describe the Nullification Crisis and the emergence of a states’
rights ideology; include the role of John C. Calhoun and the
development of sectionalism.
Describe the Mexican-American War and the Wilmot Proviso.
Explain how the Compromise of 1850 arose out of territorial
expansion and population growth.
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
• Most famous/influential of slave rebellions in the
south
• Southern response – stricter slave laws and
greater support for the institution of slavery
• Increase of sectionalism over slavery
William Lloyd Garrison
• 1831 published newspaper – The Liberator
• Advocated for abolition of slavery
• Considered by southerners as most “radical” of
abolitionists
• His newspaper banned in the South
Frederick Douglass
• Former slave and famous abolitionist
• Wrote influential autobiography and other
works
• Forcefully argued for African American freedom
and rights – before and after the Civil War
Grimke Sisters
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Southern sisters and abolitionists
Lectured and wrote against slavery
Became women’s rights activists later in life
Banned in the South
Missouri Compromise of 1820
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Compromise kept balance in Senate
Missouri = slave state, Maine = free state
Banned expansion of slavery elsewhere in Louisiana Purchase
Overturned by Kansas-Nebraska Act and Dred Scott Decision
Nullification Crisis
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Crisis over whether a state can “nullify” a federal law
Tariff of Abominations
President Jackson vs. Vice President John C. Calhoun
Jackson threatened to use military force in South
Carolina
John C. Calhoun
• Most influential Southern Politician before the Civil
War – Vice President, Cabinet member, S.C. Senator
• Advocate of states rights, sectionalism, nullification
• Role in all Sectionalism crises – Missouri statehood,
Nullification, California statehood.
Sectionalism
• devotion to one’s region or state greater than
one’s devotion to nation.
• Economic differences between N & S increased
sectionalism
• Disagreement over Tariffs increased sectionalism
• Disagreement over extending slavery into the
territories increased sectionalism
States’ Rights – Before the Civil War
• Idea that ultimate political authority resides in
the sovereign states and not the national
government
• Articles of Confederation – precedent for idea
• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of Jefferson
and Madison
• Infamous Dred Scott Case
• One Cause of the Civil War
Mexican-American War
• Controversial war – first for US on foreign soil
• Defeat of Mexico = vast new territories, US a
continental nation
• New territories – Old problem = whether or not
to allow the spread of slavery .
Wilmot Proviso
• Wilmot Proviso-no slavery to be allowed in
territories obtained from Mexico
• Controversial amendment – kept issue of the
spread of slavery at the top of nation’s agenda
• Wilmot Proviso – basis for the creation of
Republican Party of Abraham Lincoln
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850
• Compromise of 1850 Provisions
– Calif. Added as free state
– Tougher fugitive slave laws for the south
– New Mex., Utah allowed to vote whether to
be free or slave [popular sovereignty]
• Results of Compromise - postponed but did
not prevent Civil War for10 years