Hope all is well here is some material for the students while we are on break I will have it posted on google classroom as well if your student does not have their book you are able to pick it up in the front office from 9-1 Monday-Thursday in the front office.
Links Listed below you can find in your book from pages 250-253 readings and Youtube Links
Readings
Harper's Ferry page 253
Lincoln Douglas Debate page 252
Dred Scott Case page 251
YouTube Links
Failure to Compromise summarize on page 250
Dred Scott Case page 251
Lincoln Douglass Debate page 252
Week 2
These questions were posted in google classroom
● How did the Dred Scott decision impact the Southern economy? - The Dred Scott Decision allowed southerners to continue with the expansion of slavery without any restrictions
● How did the Dred Scott decision regulate the spread of slavery in the U.S.? - Legalized slavery throughout the U.S.
● How did Abraham Lincoln feel about the institution of slavery? - He was against the expansion of slavery into the western United States.
● How did Stephen Douglas believe the issue of slavery could be resolved? -Douglas proposed at Freeport that citizens in western states should be granted “popular sovereignty”, which would allow them to decide by vote if they wanted to be a free or slave state.
● What did Stephen Douglas claim Lincoln wanted for African Americans? - Douglas accused Lincoln of being a “Black Radical”, and argued that Lincoln’s “goal was to incite civil war, emancipate the slaves, and make blacks the social and political equals of whites.”
● Why did many abolitionists oppose violence when attempting to abolish slavery? - Opponents of slavery hoped to use moral persuasion and other peaceful means to eliminate slavery. They did not want to attack members of society. They believed that using moral teachings they could get rid of slavery.
● What political effect did the election of 1860 have on the South? - A Republican win would end the South's political dominance of the Union
● Why did many southerners oppose Lincoln’s election? -Many southerners felt if Lincoln won he would destroy their way of life. Southerners believed Lincoln wanted to end slavery and would take away their property.
SPRING BREAK
Week 3
Events of the Civil War
This is the time students should use their timeline of events we have recorded during class to write a brief 2 or 3 paragraphs to answer the question " What events led to the start of the civil war?"
Key questions (Questions you should be able to answer after reading)
What events led to the start of The Civil War?
● What are the reasons southern states gave for secession?
● What was the purpose and impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
● What battles were considered turning points in The Civil War?
● What people and events had the greatest impact on the course of The Civil War?
● How did the Union win the war?
Use this link US Civil War (if you are not able to click the link highlight it and pit it in the search engine at the top of your internet browser.) https://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/US/US23-01.html
to Click through the progression using the forward arrows on
the bottom left side of the map, and read each map’s caption
Then read read excerpts of South
Carolina’s Declaration of Secession, paragraphs 11-17
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/south_secede/south_secede_southcarolina.cfm
You will then use the map and the reading to answer the following questions:
a. Which state seceded from the union first, and what reasons did they give for their secession?
b. Which were the next states to secede?
c. Which were the last four states to join the confederacy? What prompted them to secede?
d. Why was the confederacy’s capital moved from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia?
Read 261 & 261 to answer page 263
Strengths and weaknesses : North and South
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DBQ in the back of book
page 312-313 questions 1-5
pages 314-315 questions 1-4
page 317 Chart reading question 1-5
page 318 reading comprehension questions 1-4
page 319 reading comprehension questions 1-4