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Crossword Puzzle
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Flipcard Activity
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Chapter Quiz
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Further review resources on WebCT
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Chapter 15 The Nation Breaking Apart
Chapter Objective
The student will understand the conflicts that pulled the North and South apart and the attempts to resolve the issues dividing the country.
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Section 1
Growing Tensions Between North and South
- To explain how the abolitionist movement heightened tension between North and South
- To describe the controversies over slavery in the territories
- To evaluate how the Wilmot Proviso and potential statehood for California deepened regional divisions
- To analyze the Compromise of 1850
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American Journey http://www.tocqueville.org/
C-Span site offering information on de Tocqueville's journeys in America in 1831.
The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act http://www.pbs.org/ wgbh/ aia/ part4/ 4p2951.html
This PBS site offers information on the passage of the Compromise of 1850 and the consequences of the Fugitive Slave Act.
The Compromise of 1850 Speeches http://lcweb.loc.gov/ exhibits/ treasures/ trm043.html
Library of Congress site that offers the original documents of John C. Calhoun's speech against the Compromise of 1850 and the notes for Daniel Webster's speech in favor of the compromise.
Douglas's Speech in Favor of the Compromise of 1850 http://www.furman.edu/ ~benson/ docs/ Douglas50.htm
This site offers the transcript of a lengthy speech by Stephen A. Douglas in favor of the Compromise of 1850.
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Section 2
The Crisis Deepens
- To explain how the Fugitive Slave Act and Uncle Tom's Cabin affected Northerners
- To analyze the concept of popular sovereignty
- To describe the violence in "Bleeding Kansas"
- To evaluate the attack on Senator Sumner in the Senate
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The Fugitive Slave Act http://www.yale.edu/ lawweb/ avalon/ fugitive.htm
This Yale University site provides the text of the Fugitive Slave Act that was part of the Compromise of 1850.
Slave Narratives and Uncle Tom's Cabin http://www.pbs.org/ wgbh/ aia/ part4/ 4p2958.html
PBS site that includes information on slave narratives and Uncle Tom's Cabin, as well as links to related information.
Speech by Anthony Burns http://www.pbs.org/ wgbh/ aia/ part4/ 4h2916t.html
This PBS site offers the text of a speech by Anthony Burns, a runaway slave, describing his capture under the Fugitive Slave Act.
Kansas-Nebraska Act http://www.encyclopedia.com/ html/ k/kansasn1e.asp
This site offers a brief, but detailed, essay on the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Bleeding Kansas http://www.pbs.org/ wgbh/ aia/ part4/ 4i3091.html
Historian James Horton discusses the importance of Bleeding Kansas.
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Section 3
Slavery Dominates Politics
- To explain why the Republican Party was formed
- To summarize the effects of the Dred Scott case
- To analyze the Lincoln-Douglas debates
- To evaluate the impact of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
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The Dred Scott Case: The Supreme Court Decision, 1857 http://www.pbs.org/ wgbh/ aia/ part4/ 4h2933.html
This site includes background information on Dred Scott and a link to the text of the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
Conflict of Abolition and Slavery http://www.loc.gov/ exhibits/ african/ afam007.html
Documents comparing statistics on free and slave states during the 1850s.
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Section 4
Lincoln's Election and Southern Secession
- To analyze why the Democratic Party split in the election of 1860
- To identify the issues in the election of 1860
- To describe the secession of the Southern states from the Union
- To explain the Union's response to secession
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Background on the Civil War http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Origins_of_the_American_Civil_War
This site offers background information on the period before the Civil War.
Constitution of the Confederate States of America http://www.yale.edu/ lawweb/ avalon/ csa/ csa.htm
Text of the Confederate Constitution.
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Economics in History: Trade
Is the GATT Good? http://www.theatlantic.com/ unbound/ jfnpr/ jf41005.htm
A 1994 essay by journalist James Fallows discussing the merits of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. This site requires registration.
World Trade Organization http://www.wto.org/
Web site of the World Trade Organization.
Special WTO Issue: Trading It All Away http://multinationalmonitor.org/ mm1999/ mm9910.00.html
Special edition of the online magazine, Multinational Monitor, which is critical of the World Trade Organization.
Citizenship Today: Debates
The National Debate Tournament Homepage http://www.wfu.edu/ NDT/
This site provides information on the National Debate Tournament and its style of debates as well as its history.
The Commission on Presidential Debates http://www.debates.org/
The Commission on Presidential Debates is a nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation. It sponsored all the presidential debates in the 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000 general elections.
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Presidential Elections
Making a Class Presentation
American political parties went through extreme changes in the 1840s and 1850s. Using the Internet or the library, find the election returns of the presidential elections from 1848 to 1860.
Use presentation software to teach your class about U.S. presidential elections. Here are some suggestions.
- · Use pie charts to show the percentage of votes that went to each party in each election
- · Use bar graphs to show the growth in total popular vote (nationwide) for each party for each election.
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