SW-A Nation Divided

Long before the Civil War, adding new states into the United States proved to be difficult task because-

• the process of annexation was a long, complicated one.

• it could upset the balance between "free states" and "slave states".

• Southern states always wanted to form the Confererate States of America.

• the United States no longer wanted to fight a war with Mexico for new territories.

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4.4A

What was the agreement called that allowed the Maine and Missouri territories to become states?

• the Louisiana Purchase

• the Missouri Compromise

• the Three-fifths Compromise

• the Fugitive Slave Act

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4.4A

The _____ was a piece of legislation (a new law) that required all runaway enslaved people to be captured, even in the North, to be returned to their owners.

Answer explanation

The Fugitive Slave Act angered abolitionists, especially those in the North, who did not believe in slavery.

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4.4A

Reorder the following causes leading up to the Civil War in the correct sequence.

First event will start on the left, ending with the last one on the right.

• Fugitive Slave Act required runaway slaves to be returned to owners.

• Texas is annexed to the United States in 1845.

• Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state, while Maine remained a free state.

• Abraham Lincoln was elected as our 16th U.S. President angering the South.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the population to vote for slavery.

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4.4A

Locate the following southern states that seceded from the Union: South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, & Virginia.

b

c

d

e

a

LA

SC

AL

TX

VA

Answer explanation

Use your Anchor Charts to answer this question.

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4.4A

The​ (a)   began when ​ (b)   was the ​ state to ​ (c)   from the ​ (d)   (United States). After they seceded, ​ (e)   and 10 other states joined them leading them to Civil War.

• Confederate States of America
• South Carolina
• secede
• Union
• Texas

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4.4A

Organize these states into the Union (blue / free) states & Confederate (gray / slave) states.

Groups:

(a) Union

,

(b) Confederacy

• Virginia

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Connecticut

• Georgia

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• California

• Maine

• South Carolina

Answer explanation

Use the map on Studies Weekly passage or Anchor Charts in our class page.

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4.4A

In 1861, several Southern states _____ from the Union because they believe that President Lincoln would abolish slavery.

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What made South Carolina be the first state to secede from the Union?

Use your A.P.E. writing strategy.

Answer explanation

Reread the 6th paragraph of the Studies Weekly passage: "A Nation Divided".

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4.4A

BONUS: Match the following Xhosa words.

• hello

• ha-yi

• no

• molo

• thank you

• ewe

• yes

• enkosi

Answer explanation

Xhosa is a language from the country of South Africa.