The Big Picture #1: Antislavery literature and the annexation of new lands intensified the debate over slavery.
The Big Picture #2: The Kansas-Nebraska Act heightened tensions in the conflict over slavery. The Big Picture #3: The outcome of the election of 1860 divided the US and the dispute over slavery led the South to secede. |
Lesson Goals:
-> Students will understand how westward expansion of the US led to controversy over slavery. -> Students will understand the US government struck several compromises between the North and the South over slavery in a series of attempts to settle the slavery question. |
Causes of the Civil War
1. Election of 1860 Video
2. Reading Activity- The Election of 1860
3. Notes Activity- Part 2
WeVideo Project- A Divided Nation
You are going to create a presentation that explains the list of 10 topics that were the causes of the Civil War. Each topic should have two slides, each slide should have a picture with information. The information could explain what the picture is illustrating or just brief information explaining the topic and its significance to the Civil War. This will be a video and you will need to start with a Title page with the heading "Causes of the Civil War Project" and your names. There should be 21 slides in all (1 title page and 2 for each topic). You can split up the work however you would like (3 topics, 3 topics and 4 topics). After viewing the video I should have a good understanding of the many causes of the Civil War.
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List of Topics:-> Sectionalism
-> Missouri Compromise of 1820 -> Compromise of 1850 -> Uncle Tom's Cabin -> Kansas-Nebraska Act -> Bleeding Kansas -> Dred Scott Court Case -> Lincoln-Douglass Debates -> John Brown's Raid -> Presidential Election of 1860 -----> The Election of Abraham Lincoln |