Chapter 16: A Dividing Nation (1820-1861) Unit Theme:Sectionalism
Sectionalism, as we have already learned, is loyalty to one's region or state. Several issues increased the divisions between North and South over the generation before the Civil War but of course none more sharply than the issue of slavery. It would all come to a head in the decade before 1860. The 1850s would see the several great events that would foreshadow the coming war. The Compromise of 1850, the final pacification by the Great Pacificator, Henry Clay, would seem to pacify no one. It would be the end of the line for the Great Triumvirate, Bleeding Kansas, and several other events which we will learn about.By the eve of the Civil War sectional differences, not surprisingly, were at their highest. Historians will argue that the cultural differences and economic patterns between the North and South were too great for anymore compromises. Others might argue that each region was now firmly in control of radical elements and that there was no going back. Either way, war would come in 1861.
Ruins of Lawrence Kansas Essential Question:
Was the Civil War inevitable?
Chapter Overview:
Though this chapter begins with the Missouri Compromise back in 1820, to many the starting point of the road to sectionalism and war, the real action is in the decade of the 1850s. Several great events highlight this tumultuous decade. Beginning with the Compromise of 1850 and through the election of Lincoln in 1860, the decade foreshadowed a war that many saw coming, but yet, were powerless to stop. Between these two events we had the deaths of the Great Triumvirate, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the battles in Kansas, the founding of the Republican Party and the demise of the Whigs, the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown's raid and subsequent execution. All of these would set the country on the road to war in April of 1861.
Resources:
Chapter Self-Test Sections:
1) The Slavery Issue in the West (p. 424-429)
2) The Crisis Turns Violent (p. 430-434)
3) A New Party Challenges Slavery (p. 435-438)
4) The Nation Splits in Two (p. 439-443)
Study Guides
Study Guide - Honors Class
Study Guide - General Classes Section Reviews:
1) The Slavery Issue in the West
2) The Crisis Turns Violent
3) A New Party Challenges Slavery
4) The Nation Splits in Two
These reviews are often given in class and are open-ended and T/F questions that you should definitely learn. They cover some of the most important points of the section and are often the basis of matching and T/F questions on quizzes and tests.
Videos Resources:
Missouri Compromise 4:15 Discovery Education
Clay & the Compromise of 1850 - 3:59
Kansas-Nebraska - History Channel - 2:38
Kansas Nebraska Act 4:33 DE
Dred Scott Decision 2:47 Discovery Education
Harriet Beecher Stowe DE 3:31
Manifest Destiny Presidents - Discovery Education - 3:16
Lincoln Early Life - DE 4:00
Abraham Lincoln - DE 3:30
John Brown's Raid - Discovery Ed - 4:34
Causes of the Civil War - 4:25
Lincoln Douglas Debates 1858 DE 1:46
Lincoln Douglas Debates Begin DE 2:08
Election of 1860 - 6:42 DE
Civil War Election of 1860 - 2:29
Jefferson Davis - DE 2:12
Fort Sumter - DE 5:33 Websites Section One
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Daniel Webster's 7th of March Speech - 1850
Wilmot's Proviso
The Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay's Speech on Preserving the Union - 1850
Popular Sovereignty
Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
Section Two
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Border Ruffians
The Sack of Lawrence
The Pottawatomie Massacre
Preston Brooks Attacks Charles Sumner
The Dred Scott Decision
Section Three
Stephen Douglass an overview
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Seward's Irrepressible Conflict Speech 1858
John Brown's Raid
Joh Brown - Martyr or Terrorist?
Section Four
The Election of 1860
State by State Results - 1860
The South Secedes
Fort Sumter
Timeline to the Civil War
Documents:
Civil War Ear Documents - Teaching American History
Appeal of the Independent Democrats - Teaching American History
Slave Narratives
12 Years A Slave
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Sectionalism, as we have already learned, is loyalty to one's region or state. Several issues increased the divisions between North and South over the generation before the Civil War but of course none more sharply than the issue of slavery. It would all come to a head in the decade before 1860. The 1850s would see the several great events that would foreshadow the coming war. The Compromise of 1850, the final pacification by the Great Pacificator, Henry Clay, would seem to pacify no one. It would be the end of the line for the Great Triumvirate, Bleeding Kansas, and several other events which we will learn about.By the eve of the Civil War sectional differences, not surprisingly, were at their highest. Historians will argue that the cultural differences and economic patterns between the North and South were too great for anymore compromises. Others might argue that each region was now firmly in control of radical elements and that there was no going back. Either way, war would come in 1861.
Ruins of Lawrence Kansas Essential Question:
Was the Civil War inevitable?
Chapter Overview:
Though this chapter begins with the Missouri Compromise back in 1820, to many the starting point of the road to sectionalism and war, the real action is in the decade of the 1850s. Several great events highlight this tumultuous decade. Beginning with the Compromise of 1850 and through the election of Lincoln in 1860, the decade foreshadowed a war that many saw coming, but yet, were powerless to stop. Between these two events we had the deaths of the Great Triumvirate, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the battles in Kansas, the founding of the Republican Party and the demise of the Whigs, the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown's raid and subsequent execution. All of these would set the country on the road to war in April of 1861.
Resources:
Chapter Self-Test Sections:
1) The Slavery Issue in the West (p. 424-429)
2) The Crisis Turns Violent (p. 430-434)
3) A New Party Challenges Slavery (p. 435-438)
4) The Nation Splits in Two (p. 439-443)
Study Guides
Study Guide - Honors Class
Study Guide - General Classes Section Reviews:
1) The Slavery Issue in the West
2) The Crisis Turns Violent
3) A New Party Challenges Slavery
4) The Nation Splits in Two
These reviews are often given in class and are open-ended and T/F questions that you should definitely learn. They cover some of the most important points of the section and are often the basis of matching and T/F questions on quizzes and tests.
Videos Resources:
Missouri Compromise 4:15 Discovery Education
Clay & the Compromise of 1850 - 3:59
Kansas-Nebraska - History Channel - 2:38
Kansas Nebraska Act 4:33 DE
Dred Scott Decision 2:47 Discovery Education
Harriet Beecher Stowe DE 3:31
Manifest Destiny Presidents - Discovery Education - 3:16
Lincoln Early Life - DE 4:00
Abraham Lincoln - DE 3:30
John Brown's Raid - Discovery Ed - 4:34
Causes of the Civil War - 4:25
Lincoln Douglas Debates 1858 DE 1:46
Lincoln Douglas Debates Begin DE 2:08
Election of 1860 - 6:42 DE
Civil War Election of 1860 - 2:29
Jefferson Davis - DE 2:12
Fort Sumter - DE 5:33 Websites Section One
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Daniel Webster's 7th of March Speech - 1850
Wilmot's Proviso
The Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay's Speech on Preserving the Union - 1850
Popular Sovereignty
Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
Section Two
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Border Ruffians
The Sack of Lawrence
The Pottawatomie Massacre
Preston Brooks Attacks Charles Sumner
The Dred Scott Decision
Section Three
Stephen Douglass an overview
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Seward's Irrepressible Conflict Speech 1858
John Brown's Raid
Joh Brown - Martyr or Terrorist?
Section Four
The Election of 1860
State by State Results - 1860
The South Secedes
Fort Sumter
Timeline to the Civil War
Documents:
Civil War Ear Documents - Teaching American History
Appeal of the Independent Democrats - Teaching American History
Slave Narratives
12 Years A Slave
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