Warm up 1 Write 3 5 sentences describing

Warm up: 1. Write 3 -5 sentences describing how the differences of opinions on Slavery could lead to division in the US.

Today’s Question: How did the North and South compromise before the Civil War?

Agenda: 1. Simulation: Discuss/watch video clips on issues leading up to the war, create compromises between North and South. 2. Create political cartoon

North vs. South: Half of you are Northerners, half are Southerners. We will hear about the issues leading up to the Civil War and try to come to compromises to avoid a war. Your job is to represent the perspective of your region. The goal throughout the activity is to: (1) protect your region’s interest, and (2) avoid civil war.

Divide your notebook into 3 sections: Issue: Your compromise: What really happened:

Map of United States in 1819:

Issue #1: The Missouri Compromise The year is 1820. The debate over the statehood for Missouri is getting hotter day by day. To complicate matters, Maine has just applied for admission to the Union as well. Your job is to find a way to settle this controversy that is acceptable to both the North and the South.

Starting positions: North: • Supports statehood for Missouri and Maine as FREE states • Does not want slavery in Louisiana Territory • Is against any solution that makes more slave states than free states South: • Supports statehood for Missouri as a SLAVE state • Believes slaveholders have the right to settle in any new territory • Is against any solution that makes more free states than slave states

Work out a compromise! Interlock pinky fingers with the opposite region. You may not unlock your fingers until you have reached a compromise that all group members agree on! Once you have reached a compromise, record your response on the handout and in your notebook.

Missouri Compromise

Missouri Compromise: Issue: Your compromise: What really happened:

Illustrations of slavery published in an Anti. Slavery Almanac

“Horrid Massacre in Virginia”

Free and Slave States 1848

Issue #2: 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 union from flying apart. Northerners will meet on one side of the room, Southerners on the other. You have 5 minutes to discuss strategies for reaching a compromise!

Starting positions: North: • Supports statehood for California as a FREE state • Wants to ban slavery in New Mexico and Utah territories • Is against fugitive slave laws South: • Is against allowing free states to be the majority • Reluctant to allow California in as a free state unless slavery is allowed in other territories • Believes slavery should expand to New Mexico and Utah • Believes the national government has no power to meddle with slavery where it already exists • Demands stronger fugitive slave laws to help track down runaways

Work out a compromise! Interlock pinky fingers with the opposite region. You may not unlock your fingers until you have reached a compromise that all group members agree on! Once you have reached a compromise, record your response on the handout and in your notebook.

Compromise of 1850

Compromise of 1850: Issue: Your compromise: What really happened:

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 (episode 3 3: 22 -10: 20)

“Southern Chivalry”

Bleeding Kansas

Episode 3 13: 07 -25: 50

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood.

Election of 1860: Lincoln said he would not interfere with slavery in the South BUT would not allow it to expand west.

Election of 1860

Issue #3: 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.

Starting positions: North: • Slavery is wrong and should not be allowed to expand • Secession is illegal. Once a state, always a state • The union must stay together. We will fight to keep it together. South: • Slavery is good and should be allowed to expand. • A state comes into the union by its own free choice and may leave whenever it chooses. • The south and its way of life must be preserved; we will secede if our rights are threatened.

Work our a compromise! Interlock pinky fingers with the opposite region. You may not unlock your fingers until you have reached a compromise that all group members agree on! Once you have reached a compromise, record your response on the handout and in your notebook.

Secession: Issue: Your compromise: What really happened:

Create a Political Cartoon: Political cartoons are illustrations or comic strips containing a political or social message that usually relates to current events or personalities. Choose one of the events leading up to the war. Create a political cartoon from the perspective of the region you represented today.