8th Grade Social Studies OBJECTIVES: I can define the reason for the Abolitionist movement and explain the people of the movement. LANUAGE OBJECTIVE: Students will create a map showing free states‚ slave states‚ according to the Missouri Compromise. Content: Students will classify how the debate over slavery lead to state admission and secession of the country. LEARNING STRATEGIES: • The lesson would be delivered to address all objectives that are written on the board and are used
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under the conditions of his cruel master‚ Legree. Stowe also based this book as a response to several key compromises that provoke a self-explanatory problem: a compromise as opposed to a solution. The novel is a fictional response to slavery‚ especially to the Fugitive Slave Law. Along with the Wilmot Proviso and the Compromise of 1850 a few years before‚ Stowe’s book took reign in the 1850s and continued the buildup to the Civil War. Stowe’s book was a primary source‚ specifically a book that created
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constitution as a compromise with the southern states. The south wanted each slave to count as one person because they wanted more influence in the House of Representatives. The northern states claimed that slaves should not count as people at all because they were technically property. This clause created the foundation for the tensions between the north and south because it shows the importance of slavery in the south for both influence in government and for its economy. The compromise allowed the south
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GUIDE TOPIC RATIONALE Colonial Society Occurs about every two years American Revolution: causes‚ impact and results 1999 DBQ; 2004 FRQ (society) Articles of Confederation 2003 FRQ; 2005 DBQ (indirect) Constitution: events leading to; provisions & compromises; Not since 1991 & 1984 ratification debate (2005 DBQ; Form B FRQ) Federalist Era: 1789-1801 2002 FRQ; 2005 DBQ (indirect) Jeffersonian Democracy 2002 FRQ War of 1812: causes‚ results‚ impact on society No question ever! Jacksonian Era: 1828-1848
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Henry Clay was a great man and I believe that he stood head-and-shoulders above the rest of the presidents of the 1850’s. He was a great man who was secretary of state under John Quincy Adams and an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency in 1824‚ 1832‚ and 1844. He was one of the most popular and influential political leaders in American history. His genius in the art of compromise three times resolved bitter political conflicts that threatened to tear the nation apart‚ winning him the title "The
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The end of the War of 1812 gave birth to a new nationalism in the United States. It quickened the downfall of the Federalist Party‚ and ushered in "the era of good feelings". Henry Clay created the "American System" to hopefully keep the prosperity that America seemed to be experiencing. Clay’s "American System" envisioned a tariff to promote and protect domestic industry (they would impose a tax on imported goods). Also‚ a national bank owned by private stock holders and the federal government
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resolve their political disputes through compromise‚ yet by 1860 this no longer seemed possible. This is because of Taxes‚ slavery‚ Manifest Destiny‚ Texas Migration‚ development of new Political parties. Before 1860 United States had one third of the territory that we have today. United States was divided into two parts‚ north and south. Between the North and South there were disputes about slavery. Then Henry Clay came up with the 36 60 line(Missouri Compromise). this line distinguished the difference
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advocates for the compromise of 1850 and the fugitive slave laws were two candidates for president of the United States‚ Franklin Pierce from the democratic party and Winfield Scott. Although Franklin Pierce‚ the eventual winner of the election‚ wasn’t as candid about his beliefs regarding slavery‚ he was definitely opposed to civil disobedience against the fugitive slave laws. These supporters generally included northern democrats and southern Whigs. The opposition to the compromise of 1850 and the fugitive
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There are numerous long term and short term events that caused the Civil War to occur. From the long term impacts of slavery and the Missouri Compromise to the short term effects of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Bleeding Kansas‚ the Civil War was caused mainly by one significant step. Although Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Dred Scott had an impact on the civil war‚ it was not as significant as the election of 1860. The election was the most important event because it lead to the secession of South Carolina and also
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wID Terms for Final 1. Nat Turner Revolt (1831): Slave revolt in the South led by a Virginian slave‚ Nat Tuner. Tuner said he was guided by God to free his people. The insurrection lasted 48 hours and 60 whites were killed. South’s bloodiest slave insurrection. Significance: fear among white southerners‚ increased severity of the slave codes‚ collapse any movement of emancipation in the South 2. Anti-slavery argument (1830s-1860s): America is God’s Promised Land‚ except for slavery which
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