Prelude to the war (Homework Lesson)

• History
• 9th Grade

Prelude to the war

A Divided Nation (1849-1861)

Lesson 2

Learning objective

At the end of this lesson you understand and explain the (direct) causes that led to the Civil War.

What did you learn so far?

A few questions to refresh your memory

Know your presidents!

Martin van Buren

Abraham Lincoln

John Quincy Adams

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Explain

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

The slavery discussion has an economic background.

True or false?

Through the transatlantic slave trade, many Africans were shipped to America from the seventeenth century to work there on the plantations. Soon it became common to treat them as slaves and laws were established to recognize this slavery.

1. True
2. False

Differences

What differences were there between the northern and southern states of America?

1. In the North there was more trade and industry and agriculture was mainly based on family businesses.
2. The North supported abolitionism, the South supported the Ku Klux Klan.
3. After the invention of the Cotton Gin, the tobacco industry in the South flourished again, making it richer than the North.
4. The South was for a strong federal authority, the Noth was in favor of more power for the individual states.

US: before and after 1850

Free State as a result of the Compromis of 1850

Free State as a result of the Missouri Compromis

Slave State as a result of the Missouri Compromis

Slave State as a result of the Kansas-Nebreska Act

Slave State as a result of the Kansas-Nebreska Act

Hidden Objects

Can you find the historical objects in the room?

Cotton

Lincoln

Cannon

Old flag

Cotton Gin

United States

Lifeline

People reacting to the historical events.

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1865

Ask yourself how both persons would have reacted about the event. Drag the hotspots: very happy is +5, neutral is 0 and not happy is -5. 

Lifeline

Use the texts given by your teacher!

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When were the persons the most happy in the periode before the Civil War?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

Explain your answer.

When were the persons the least happy in the periode before the Civil War?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

Explain your answer.

Do you think the persons voted for Lincoln in the 1860 elections?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  

Explain your answer.