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Unit 2
Timeline
Was Reconstruction
Map of the United States in 1816
1816 Map of the United States by John Melish
America gets BIGGER
• Texas was annexed (added) after it broke
away from Mexico in 1845
• The
was added in
after a war between the US and Mexico
– Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
• Washington and Oregon were added after a
treaty was signed with Great Britain in 1846.
Map of the United States in 1872
What to do about slavery?
Missouri Compromise (1820)
• Maine and Missouri were new states
– Maine = Free state
– Missouri = Slave state
• And the?rest…?
– 36o30’ Parallel dividing line (Mason-Dixon line)’
• North = Slavery illegal
• South = Slavery allowed
1849: Gold Rush in California!
What to do about slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
means: “The People”
means: “Rule”
Popular Sovereignty meant that the
people in each territory would vote
In other words…
to decide whether or not slavery
“The people decide”
would be allowed there.
What to do about slavery?
Compromise of 1850
• The “Great Compromise” Said…
–CA entered the Union as a free state
–Popular sovereignty in NM and Utah
–The abolition of the slave trade in D.C.
–Stronger fugitive slave law
Missouri Compromise
• Maine and Missouri were new states
– Maine = Free state
– Missouri = Slave state
• And the?rest…?
– 36’30o Parallel dividing line (Mason-Dixon line)
• North = Slavery illegal
• South = Slavery allowed
Compromise of 1850
1854: Kansas & Nebraska Act
• Proposed by Stephen Douglas
• The Act Said:
– Kansas & Nebraska will also have pop. sov.
• Nebraska = Voted free state
• Kansas = Voted slave state
–But, was it a fair election?
–Both anti-slavery and pro-slavery forces begin
to stream into Kansas…
Bleeding Kansas
• 1855-57: mini-Civil War (dress rehearsal)
– Pro-slavery forces attacked abolitionists
– Abolitionist John Brown massacred slavery forces
Lincoln vs. Douglas Debates (1858)
• Abraham Lincoln (R) and Stephen Douglas (D)
battle for position of Senator from Illinois
Lincoln vs. Douglas Debates (1858)
• Abraham Lincoln (R) and Stephen Douglas (D)
battle
for position
Senator
from Illinois
Douglas
wonofthe
Senate
seat.
– The nation paid close attention
• Lincoln: Opposed the spread of slavery
But
Lincoln
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I
won the cannot endure
believe this government
permanentlyPresidency
half slave and half free.”
two years
• Douglas: Believed
in
“state’s
rights”
later (1860)
But Lincoln
won the
Presidency
two years
later
Secession!
• To secede means to formally withdraw
membership, to break away from, and to
break all ties
• On December 20, 1860, South Carolina
seceded from the United States
…and the Civil War began!
Then there was a war…
US Civil War (1861-1865)
Then Lincoln freed the slaves…
1863: Emancipation Proclamation
means: freedom means: statement or speech
1864: 13th Amendment says “no slavery”
1868: 14th Questions
Amendment
are citizens
forsays
nextslaves
time…
African Americans
free? can vote
1870: 15thWere
Amendment
says really
all citizens
Did Lincoln really free them?
What happened next?
Lincoln was assassinated (April 14, 1865)…
…America had to figure out how to put the
country back together again
Build-up to Civil War
Comic Strips
①Pick a comic strip template
②Draw a storyboard depicting the key details
from the top 5 events on the timeline
③Include text and color to enhance your ideas
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
• 16th President
• From
Illinois
“If I could preserve the
•
Union by freeing all of
Not
radical
the aslaves,
I would…
abolitionist, merely
If I could preserve
wanted
to stopthe
the
Union by freeing none
spread
of slavery
of the slaves,
I would.”
• Will fight the Civil War
to preserve the Union
Evaluate this Statement
“Slavery was the sole cause of the Civil War.”
Emancipation Proclamation
• Um…
Civil War Casualties
Compared to Other Wars
Secession!
• To secede means to formally withdraw
membership, to break away from, and to
break all ties
Some states
seceded as soon as
Lincoln was elected
The Importance of Fort Sumter
April, 1861
The Importance of Fort Sumter
• North provoked to fight
• South seen as the aggressor
• Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and N.C. join
the Confederacy but Border States do NOT
Secession!
• To secede means to formally withdraw
membership, to break away from, and to
break all ties
• Slide on the advantages of the North vs. South
• Show images of battles/war-torn South
• Figure out how the war ended…
• Probably something on Lincoln’s assassination
• Intro to Reconstruction
• Include Family Guy video here