Transcript The Civil War The Crisis Unfolds

The Civil War
The Crisis Unfolds
What were the ultimate conflicts between the
North and South that led the United States to go
to war with itself?
Can you stop the War?
Slavery…
Issue # 1
How will it affect the well
being of United States?
Illustrations of Slavery published in the
Emancipator, September 2, 1839
“Horrid Massacre in Virginia,” an illustration
of Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion
Runaway Slaves
Map of the United States in 1848
Issue: #1
The Compromise of 1850
It is 1850. Congress is in an uproar
over California and slavery. You
will need all your skills as a
compromiser to settle this conflict
and keep the nation from flying
apart…
Map of the United States showing
the Compromise of 1850
California was admitted into the
Daniel Webster on secession: Due to this
Union compromise,
as a free state…
this
many southern states talked
would please the
North
of secession…
“Secession! Peaceful Secession! Your eyes
and mine are never destined to see that
miracle… I see it as plainly as I see the
sun in heaven – I see that secession must
produce such a war as I will not describe.”
The territories of New Mexico
and Utah would be organized as
territories open to slavery… this
would please the South
Fugitive Slave Law
Created a stronger
slave law
for slaveholders
Slave trade, not slavery, was
abolished in Washington D.C.
Aftermath of The Compromise
Issue # 2
After the Compromise of 1850,
What factors prove to bring
out the true feelings of the
U.S. on slavery?
Poster warning the colored people of
Boston to beware of slave catchers
Cover of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Map of the United States in 1854
Painting of violence in “Bleeding
Kansas
“Southern Chivalry” a Northern view of the
beating of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks
Portrait of Dred Scott
Issue # 2
The Dred Scott Case
The Supreme Court is considering
the case of Dred Scott, a slave
who is suing for his freedom.
Consider the arguments on each
question in this difficult case.
Then come up with a decision you
can all live with…
Congress (Federal Govt) has
Scott could not of Chief Justice3. Roger
Portrait
Taney
a
responsibility
under the
sue for freedom in
1.
federal court
because he was
NOT a citizen
2. No African
American, whether
free or slave, could
become an
American citizen
3. The 5th amendment says
“property” cannot be taken
from people without “Due
Process.” If Congress bans
slavery in territories, the effect
is the same as taken property
away from slave owners.
Constitution to protect
property rights… which, in this
case, is slave owners.
The formation of the Republican Party
Issue # 3
How did the formation of the
Republican Party ultimately cause
the split of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
Portrait of John Brown
Map showing the Election results of
1860
Secession
Issue # 3
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 Bombardment of Fort Sumter
The Civil War Begins
Abraham Lincoln
(Republican) became
president causing South
Carolina to Secede
The Firing on Fort
Sumter, a fort occupied
and controlled by the
federal government, in a
Confederate state