Do Now• What is the most important

invention of the last 30 years? Why? (3 Sentence Answer)

• This will be graded and checked for length

By: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

By: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

Cotton is KingCotton is King

• The Cotton The Cotton GinGin

– Built by Eli Built by Eli WhitneyWhitney

– Boosted Boosted cotton cotton production in production in the Souththe South

Cotton is KingCotton is King

• How to grow cotton? How to grow cotton?

• Answer: The Plantation SystemAnswer: The Plantation System

• Why the south? climate and Why the south? climate and topography supported crops that topography supported crops that required a large labor supplyrequired a large labor supply

• ““Cotton is King”- majority of the value Cotton is King”- majority of the value of United States exports came from of United States exports came from cottoncotton

Cotton is KingCotton is King

• However, However, most whites most whites in the south in the south were were independent independent small small farmersfarmers

The AbolitionistsThe Abolitionists• The Abolitionists felt they The Abolitionists felt they

needed to do something needed to do something because the issue of because the issue of slavery was always slavery was always avoidedavoided

1.1. Kansas-Nebraska ActKansas-Nebraska Act

2.2. Popular sovereigntyPopular sovereignty

3.3. The Compromise of 1850The Compromise of 1850

The AbolitionistsThe Abolitionists1.1. William Lloyd William Lloyd

GarrisonGarrison

• The publisher The publisher of The of The Liberator-Liberator- An An abolitionist abolitionist newspapernewspaper

The AbolitionistsThe AbolitionistsThe AbolitionistsThe Abolitionists

2.John Brown- Raid on Harpers Ferry

• John Brown’s raid John Brown’s raid directly touched on one directly touched on one of the greatest fears of of the greatest fears of Southerners- slaves Southerners- slaves would revoltwould revolt

2.John Brown- Raid on Harpers Ferry

• John Brown’s raid John Brown’s raid directly touched on one directly touched on one of the greatest fears of of the greatest fears of Southerners- slaves Southerners- slaves would revoltwould revolt

John Brown’s Raidon Harper’s Ferry, 1859

John Brown’s Raidon Harper’s Ferry, 1859

3.HarrietBeeche

rStowe(1811 – 1896)

3.HarrietBeeche

rStowe(1811 – 1896)So this is the

lady who started the Civil War.

-- Abraham Lincoln

So this is the lady who started the Civil War.

-- Abraham Lincoln

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Uncle Tom’s CabinSold 300,000

copies in the first year.

Effect of Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin -it played on people’s sympathies against slavery

Sold 300,000 copies in the first year.

Effect of Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin -it played on people’s sympathies against slavery

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852

Do Now•Type 1- 4 lines. Pretend you are a slave who is planning to escape their plantation. What is your plan?

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad “Conductor” ==== leader of the

escape

“Passengers” ==== escaping slaves

“Tracks” ==== routes

“Trains” ==== farm wagons transporting the escaping slaves

“Depots” ==== safe houses to rest/sleep

Leading Escaping Slaves Along the Underground

Railroad

Leading Escaping Slaves Along the Underground

Railroad

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895)

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895)

1845 The Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglass

1847 “The North Star”R2-12

Harriet Tubman(1820-1913)Harriet Tubman(1820-1913) Helped over

300 slaves to freedom.

$40,000 bounty on her head.

Served as a Union spy during the Civil War.

“Moses”

The “Know-Nothings” [The American Party]

The “Know-Nothings” [The American Party]

ß Nativists.

ß Anti-Catholics.

ß Anti-immigrants.

ß Nativists.

ß Anti-Catholics.

ß Anti-immigrants.1849 Secret Order of the

Star-Spangled Banner created in NYC.

1849 Secret Order of the Star-Spangled Banner created in NYC.

Birth of the Republican Party, 1854

Birth of the Republican Party, 1854

ß Northern Whigs.

ß Northern Democrats.

ß Free-Soilers.

ß Know-Nothings.

ß Other miscellaneous opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

ß Northern Whigs.

ß Northern Democrats.

ß Free-Soilers.

ß Know-Nothings.

ß Other miscellaneous opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

1856 Presidential 1856 Presidential ElectionElection

1856 Presidential 1856 Presidential ElectionElection

√ James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore Democrat Republican Whig

√ James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore Democrat Republican Whig

The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate) Debates, 1858

The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate) Debates, 1858

A House divided against itself, cannot stand.

A House divided against itself, cannot stand.

18601860PresidentiPresidenti

alalElectionElection

18601860PresidentiPresidenti

alalElectionElection

√ Abraham Lincoln

Republican

√ Abraham Lincoln

Republican

John BellConstitutional

Union

John BellConstitutional

Union

Stephen A. DouglasNorthern Democrat

Stephen A. DouglasNorthern Democrat

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democrat

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democrat

Republican Party Platform in 1860

Republican Party Platform in 1860

ß Non-extension of slavery [for the Free-Soilers.

ß Protective tariff [for the No. Industrialists].

ß Government aid to build a Pacific RR [for the Northwest].

ß Internal improvements [for the West] at federal expense.

ß Non-extension of slavery [for the Free-Soilers.

ß Protective tariff [for the No. Industrialists].

ß Government aid to build a Pacific RR [for the Northwest].

ß Internal improvements [for the West] at federal expense.

1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

1860

Election

Results

1860

Election

Results

Secession!: SC Dec. 20, 1860

Secession!: SC Dec. 20, 1860

Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861