Transcript Focus: What catalyst events led to the Civil War of 1861?

Focus: What catalyst events led to
the Civil War of 1861?
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Jena 6
35R – Your Assignment
• You will hear and see documents of
various catalyst events leading to the civil
war.
– You will create a vertical annotated timeline.
Image that represents
the event/person
•Date and event
•1-2 sentences
describing the event
Issue #4 - Secession
It is the end of 1860. Lincoln has just been elected president. The slave states are
talking about secession (leaving the union). Your job is to find some compromise on
slavery that will prevent civil war.
The North’s Starting Position
• Slavery is immoral and must not be allowed to expand
• Secession is illegal. Once a state, always a state
• The union must be preserved; we will fight to keep it together.
The South’s Starting Position
• Slavery is moral and must be allowed to expand
• A state come into the union by its own free choice and may secede whenever it
chooses
• The South and its way of life must be preserved; we will secede if our rights are
threatened.
Your Plan to save the Union should address these key questions
• What should be done about slavery where it already exists?
• What should be done about slavery in the territories?
• What should b e done about fugitive slaves?
• What should the federal government do if a state decides to secede?
Write two paragraphs
• How did the civil war start (remember to
use the catalyst events)
• Could this war have been prevented or
was it inevitable? Why?