Causes of the Civil War

Learning Intention: I’m learning about the reasons for the US Civil War.

Agenda:

Causes of the Civil War notes

Vocabulary Whiteboards

Homework:

None

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3/25/24

Multiple Choice

What territories were created by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Kansas and Nebraska

• New Mexico and Utah

• Louisiana and Oregon

Multiple Choice

How did they decide whether new states would be slave or free?

• The first person to arrive could decide.

• People in the territory voted (popular sovereignty).

• They just alternated.

Multiple Choice

What was the result of the decision to use popular sovereignty?

• Everyone was able to come to an agreement, stopping the conflict.

• Kansas became a slave territory and Nebraska became free.

• Pro- and anti-slavery people flooded into Kansas with the goal of voting slavery up or down

Multiple Choice

What new political party is formed?

• Republican

• Free Soil

• Whig

• Democratic

Dropdown

As a result, people in Kansas started to

Select answer

because ​ ​

Select answer

were there.

Match

Match the following:

• John Brown

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

Abolitionist

Created the Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Great Compromiser

• Abolitionist

• Created the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Great Compromiser

Poll

Should states be allowed to make their own laws on controversial issues?

• Yes because they should decide for the people who live there.

• Yes because the 10th amendment gives them states rights.

• No because the laws should be the same for everyone in the whole country.

• No because states might discriminate against groups of people.

Poll

John Brown was guided by his religious belief that slavery was morally wrong. Was it acceptable for him to use violence to try to end slavery?

• Yes

• No

Match

Match the political parties to their views on slavery:

• Know Nothing

• Democratic

• Republican

Had no opinion

For slavery

Against slavery

• Had no opinion

• For slavery

• Against slavery

Multiple Choice

Who was Dred Scott?

• A Supreme Court justice.

• An enslaved man who sued for his freedom.

• A pro-slavery leader from Virginia.

Multiple Choice

What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case?

• Slaves were property, not people, and slave owners' "property" rights meant slavery was legal in the whole country.

• Dred Scott's rights were violated when he was taken from a free state ad returned to a state that allowed slavery.

Multiple Choice

How did this decision impact other people?

• Slavery must now be allowed in all states.

• All enslaved people were emancipated (set free).

Multiple Choice

Why were the Lincoln- Douglas debates important for Lincoln?

• He changed most of his ideas when he heard Douglas' ideas.

• He got to practice talking about his ideas to get ready for the presidential election.

Dropdown

The two events that inspired Lincoln's "House Divided" speech were

Select answer

and ​ Bleeding Kansas.

Multiple Choice

What is the speech saying?

• We need to make a plan to keep a balance of slave and free states without fighting.

• We need to get rid of slavery completely or else the country will fall apart.

• We are going to have to be all-slave or all-free; we can't stay divided.

Word Cloud

What do you see in the painting?

Open Ended

What is the message of this painting?

Multiple Choice

What did John Brown do and why did he do it?

• Led a group of soldiers to attack Southern plantations.

• Seized federal weapons to start slave revolts.

• Convinced Lincoln to attack the South.

Match

What was John Brown's impact?

• On the North

• On the South

• On the country

They respected him & supported his ideas

They became afraid of being attacked

He pushed us closer to war

• They respected him & supported his ideas

• They became afraid of being attacked

• He pushed us closer to war

Multiple Choice

What happened when Lincoln was elected?

• South Carolina seceded

• People realized he would do a good job

Multiple Choice

What did Lincoln do?

• Told the soldiers at Ft Sumter to retreat.

• Sent supplies to US (Union) soldiers at Ft. Sumter.

• Negotiated with South Carolina.

Reorder

Put the events in the correct order.

• Lincoln is elected

• South Carolina secedes

• South Carolina attacks US troops

• Lincoln calls up soldiers for the Union army

• Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee secede

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

​You sometimes hear people in the media talk about a new civil war. How likely is that? What would it be like?

​Unlike in the 1860s, there is not a strong unifying issue that divides us geographically. People with different views live side-by-side.

​Also, a civil war (for instance in Texas) would mean that secessionists would be fighting our own military, including friends and family members.

​Some people argue that the Civil War was NOT fought over the issue of slavery.