Pre-Civil War
Learning Requirements (Plan & Do)
100% of students will be able to answer in detail:
How did slavery divide America before the Civil War?
What major events, issues, & beliefs caused the Civil War?
as evidenced by 80% or higher on Test.
Goals (Plan)
Class Goal My Goal
Benchmarks
DQ 1-7 (due October 7)
DQ 8-16 (due October 26)
Slavery point (October 26)
% DQ 17-28 (due November 4)
Vocab Quiz (November 3)
Timeline point (November 4)
Test (November 9)
80%
Commitments
(Do & Act)
Student(s) will…
Mr. Culp will…
Strategies to help students
understand, be successful,
& reach goals
Summarize
main idea &
support
Facilitate
beneficial
student
discussion
Support main
idea to read
for meaning
Be prepared
for & active
in Circle of
Knowledge
discussions
Results (Study)
% of class that
My Score
met goal
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Successes, Lessons, & Improvements
(Study)
∆ (Delta)
+ (Plus)
A change or
Why it worked or how
improvement for
it helped students
the future or lesson
understand.
learned.
Pre-Civil War Daily Questions
2015
Page 43 –
right side
?s 1-7 due Wednesday, October 7
/18 POINTS
Date
Monday,
Sept. 28
/
4 POINTS
pg. 42
Questions
Pre-Civil War Vocabulary 2015
Page 45 – right side
Create a flashcard to help you learn, remember, & review each vocab term.
Front=term + picture//Back=definition
Terms 46-56 due Friday, October 9
Terms 57-63 due Friday, October 30
46. cotton gin – machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that allowed
workers to clean 50 times more cotton than by hand
1. What four (4) major issues divided the US before the Civil
War?
2. What two (2) inventions united the US in the early 1800s?
47. spirituals – religious folk songs sang by slaves that contained coded
messages about a planned escape or an owner’s unexpected return
3. How did North(east), South, & West regions of US help each
other after the Industrial Revolution in the early 1800s?
North(east)
South
West
48. abolition – the movement to end slavery
49. abolitionist – someone who tried to help end slavery
Tuesday,
Sept. 29
/
5 POINTS
pp. 48-49
4. What three (3) ways did the cotton gin affect life in the South?
Wednesday,
Sept. 30
Tuesday,
October 13
50. Underground Railroad – a series of aboveground escape routes with for
runaway slaves from the South to the North
5. How did spirituals help slaves?
Working
information
/
9 POINTS
6. How did slave-owners view slaves?
pp. 51-53
7. What 2 ways did whites react to Nat Turner’s rebellion?
51. Uncle Tom’s Cabin – 1852 abolitionist book by Harriet Beecher Stowe
about moral issues of slavery.
Page 46 – left side
52. Fugitive Slave Act – law included in the Compromise of 1850 that helped
slaveholders recapture runaway slaves in the North.
53. Missouri Compromise – Attempt #1 to solve slavery. 1820 law that
admitted Maine as a free state & Missouri as a slave state & kept the
balance of power between slave & free states in the Senate.
54. Compromise of 1850 – Attempt #2 to solve slavery. California was
admitted as a free state for Northerners & the Fugitive Slave Act was
included for Southerners.
Page 47 – right side
57. Bleeding Kansas – a 3-year war between proslavery & antislavery settlers
after 5,000 Missourians illegally voted to make Kansas a slave territory in
1855
58. nationalism – feeling pride, loyalty, and protectiveness towards your
country
59. sectionalism – loyalty, pride, & protectiveness for your region or section of
the country rather than the nation as a whole
60. protective tariff – a tax that makes goods from other countries more
expensive than American goods
55. Kansas-Nebraska Act – Attempt #3 to solve slavery. Popular sovereignty
would decide if territories were free or slave – this ended the 1820
Missouri Compromise.
61. states’ rights – a state can do what is best for it. Even if it means
nullifying, or rejecting, a federal law that it considers unconstitutional
56. popular sovereignty – when people vote to decide an issue
62. secede (v) – to withdraw from the Union; based on states’ rights
63. secession (n) – withdrawal from the Union
?s 8-16 due Monday, October 26
/21 POINTS
8. What is the difference between abolition and an abolitionist?
Abolition
abolitionist
?s 17-28 due Wednesday, November 4
/22 POINTS
17. How did protective tariffs help America? /2
Page 44 – left side
Wednesday,
October 14
–
Wednesday,
October 21
/
7 POINTS
9. What was ironic about the Underground Railroad?
10. Describe what it was like to be a passenger or conductor on
the Underground Railroad. (3+ adjectives)
11. What moral dilemma did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 create
for Northerners?
Choice 1
Choice 2
12. What did Southerners claim about Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
/
8 POINTS
pg. 62
18. What is the difference between nationalism and sectionalism?
Nationalism
Sectionalism
13. What did the Dred Scott ruling say about slaves & slavery?
Slaves
Slavery
Wednesday, 19. What three (3) sectional issues divided the US before the Civil War?
October 28
/
5 POINTS
20. Why did the South dislike tariffs?
pg. 66-67
21. What belief was the Republican Party founded on?
Thursday,
October 29
/
6 POINTS
pp. 68-69
15. How did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850,
& the Kansas-Nebraska Act deal with slavery?
Missouri
Compromise of 1850
KansasCompromise
(2 ways)
Nebraska Act
(3 words)
(2 words)
Lincoln
Douglas
23. Why did John Brown attack the arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
24. How did the North & South view John Brown after his raid on
Harpers Ferry?
South
Friday,
25. What did the Democratic Parties believe in 1860?
October 30
Northern Democrats
Southern Democrats
Monday,
November 2 26. Why was the election of 1860 important?
/
5 POINTS
/
6 POINTS
22. How did Abraham Lincoln & Stephen A. Douglas believe the
expansion of slavery should be handled?
North
14. What is one word for popular sovereignty?
Thursday,
October 22
Friday,
October 23
Page 63 –
right side
pp.64-65
pp. 55-59
Wednesday,
October 21Friday,
October 23
Tuesday,
October 27
/
4 POINTS
27. What 2 reasons did 7 southern states give for seceding after the
1860 presidential election?
Fear “Proof” -
pg. 70
pp. 60-61
16. What caused Bleeding Kansas?
Tuesday,
November 3
/2 POINTS
pg. 71
28. What did the North and South agree on at the end of 1860?