Aim: What are the causes of the Civil War?
Bell Ringer: Journal 1 – Describe a peaceful way to get rid of slavery. Keep in mind that some people depended on slavery to make a living.
Objectives:
- Students will review the causes and consequences of the Civil War.
Agenda:
- Bell Ringer (10 min)
- Review answers for Baseline test (20 min)
- Lesson Opening: Introduce students to the topic of the Civil War by showing the image of slaves working on a cotton plantation (Attachment A) and asking them to think about what the image says about the Civil War era. Ask students to brainstorm what they already know about the Civil War. (15 min)
- Show students the Gateway book concept map for the Civil War (Attachment B) and introduce key concepts including the long-term causes of the war, secession, the course of the war, and its consequences.
- Causes of the Civil War Notes (15 min)
Homework: Complete Civil War Notes
Period 1 - Use the notes and word bank below
Period 5 - Use the word bank below the notes
Causes:
- States’ Rights vs. Strong Federal Government
- Slavery
- Economic and Social Developments.
- The __________ was industrialized and the South depended on _______________.
- The North and the Midwest gained ____________ because of the sharp rise in their populations.
- “Sectionalism” - best describes the status of the U.S. just before the ______________.
Most Southerners supported slavery, afraid
the economy of the South would fail without slaves.
Missouri
Compromise: ___________ slavery in the unorganized
territory of the Great Plains and permitted slavery in _____________ and the
Arkansas territory.
The
Compromise of 1850: California
would enter as a free state.
a) Mexican-American
War ____-____: Should the new territory be free or slave territory? Or should
its inhabitants choose for themselves?
b)
Fugitive
Slave Law: Federal crime to aid an
escaping _____. This left them with no legal rights.
c) Harriet Tubman: _____________________ became more active as a result of the Fugitive
S.Law
Northerners
further opposed slavery, even people who didn’t have an opinion (ambivalent)
now had a definitive stance.
d) Frederick Douglass: _____________________
The
Dred Scott Decision: -
Court decided against Scott on all three accounts. Victory for the South!
Was
Scott a citizen of the United States
Did
living on free soil for a time make him free?
Was
the ban on slavery in parts of the Louisiana Purchase constitutional?
The
Lincoln - Douglas Debates
A. ______: Lincoln & Douglas ran for U.S.
Senate.
B. Lincoln challenged Douglas to a number of
debates about _________ and its spread to the ___________.
C. _______________ won the election
In ______: ______________ wins the presidency
/ The South __________!
The ________________ States of America -
adopted a constitution almost the same as the U.S. Constitution with the
exception that its citizens could own slaves. _________________ was their leader.
______________, ______________ was their capital city.
Ulysses S. Grant / Robert E. Lee: Confederate
Army figures.
WORD BANK:
Virginia
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Confederate
secedes
Abraham Lincoln
1861
Stephen Douglas
west
slavery
1858
The Underground Railroad
slave
1846-1848
Missouri
Banned
Civil War
political power
agriculture
North
Important tip: The words are listed in the backwards order in which they can be plugged into the notes. For example, the term "North" is the first answer in the notes, "agriculture" is the second, etc.
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