Lesson on Wednesday, October 5, 2016

We were unable to commence our mini-assessment due to technical difficulties. Today we completed  History Lab (Civil War). I know that we already covered the Civil War, but I came across some sources that are more than likely to be in on the EOC exam, so we must do them over.

Please use the History Lab Rubric as a guide on how to complete your History Labs correctly.

PLEASE COMPLETE HISTORY LAB (CIVIL WAR) BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2016

Source 1 – Missouri Compromise 1820 Map

Source 2 Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 Map

Source 3 – Excerpt from Majority Opinion in Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sanford

“. . . Can a negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country, and sold as slaves, become a member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution of the United States, and as such become entitled to all the rights, and privileges, and immunities, guaranteed by that instrument to the citizen? One of which rights is the privilege of suing in a court of the United States in the cases specified in the Constitution.

We think they [people of African ancestry] are not [citizens], and that they are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word "citizens" in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.”

Source 4 – Political Cartoon showing Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts being attacked by Representative Preston Brooks from South Carolina, 1856