AHSGE Social Studies ch. 5 Secession and Resistance 1850-1861
1. Friday, January 29, 2010
Agree Disagree 1. The Missouri Agree Disagree
____ ____ Compromise ____ ____
allowed Maine to enter the union
as a slave state and Missouri to
enter as a free state.
____ ____ 2. Free soilers believed ____ _____
no slavery should be
allowed in the new territories.
2. Monday, February 1, 2010
Agree Disagree 1. The first Agree Disagree
____ ____ shots of the ____ ____
Civil War were fired at
Fort Sumter
____ ____ 2. Houston County, ____ _____
Alabama stayed neutral
throughout the Civil War.
3. AHSGE Chapter 5
Secession and Resistance
Seceding – Leaving the Union.
Economic, Social, and Political
Differences
South
• Agrarian (farming) economy.
• Plantation system relied on slaves.
• Manufactured little, imported much, so
opposed to high tariffs.
4. North
• Industrial economy based on
manufacturing.
• Did not use slave labor.
• Wanted high tariffs to protect own
products.
5. Countdown to Secession
Northern as well as Southern states were
concerned about territories in the West
either becoming slave states or free
states (Balance of power in Congress)
Missouri Compromise – Missouri admitted as slave
state, Maine admitted as free state to keep balance
in Congress equal. No slaves north of 36° 30 ° N
parallel line.
Compromise of 1850 – California and unorganized
western territory admitted as free. Utah and New
Mexico Territories would be open to slavery by
popular sovereignty ( people living in the area would
vote for slavery or not.) It had to do with the
slavery issue.
6. Fugitive Slave Law – part of
Compromise of 1850. Northern states
had to forcibly return escaped slaves
to their owners in the South.
7. Kansas-Nebraska Act – Territories of Kansas and
Nebraska could decide on slavery through popular
sovereignty. Basically repealed the Missouri
Compromise. Conflicts erupted between pro-slavery
and abolitionists who had moved into Kansas to sway
the voting. Known as Bleeding Kansas.
8. Free–soilers – political party that
believed no slavery should be
allowed in new territory.
Chunk # 1 Dred Scott. Turn to page
64. Read aloud 1857 – The
Dred Scott Decision and
complete the following.
9. Free–soilers – political party that believed no
slavery should be allowed in new territory.
Dred Scott Decision – Dred Scott was a slave
in Missouri taken to Wisconsin (free territory).
Sued for freedom when owner returned to
Missouri. Supreme court said:
1.) Slaves were not citizens.
2.) Dred Scott had no right to
bring case to federal court.
3.) Just because he spent time on
free soil did not make him free.
10. Abraham Lincoln – Republican (and future
president) who ran for Senate seat in
Illinois against Stephen Douglas.
Freeport Doctrine – idea of Stephen
Douglas’ that stated if a territory
had no slave laws, it could not have slaves.
John Brown – fiery abolitionist
who led a raid on Harper’s Ferry
arsenal in Virginia to arm the
slaves for a rebellion.
11. Efforts to restore the Union
Abraham Lincoln - wins the presidency
which angers many southerners. Lincoln
believes there should be no slavery in the
new territories. He also stated that no
state can lawfully get out of the Union. His
main goal of the upcoming war would be to
save the Union
12. December 20, 1860-
South Carolina secedes
from the Union.
Jefferson Davis – elected
president of the Confederate
States of America at a
convention held in
Montgomery, Alabama
(first capitol of the
Confederacy.) The Confederacy was
established to protect state’s rights.
13. Review
1. Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
2. What event caused South Carolina to
secede from the Union? Why do you
think the state felt they needed to do
this?
14. Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter – Fort in South Carolina
where the first shots that began the Civil
War were fired.
Battle Lines are Drawn
Lincoln calls for 75,000 troops to protect
the Union.
Border states were Kentucky, Missouri and
Maryland.
Capital of the Confederacy was moved
from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond
Virginia.
15. Pockets of Resistance to Secession in the South
Winston County, Alabama – County in North
Alabama that stayed neutral (taking neither one
side nor the other) throughout the war.
Western Counties of Virginia – Counties in
Western Virginia felt more tied to the Union
than those counties in Eastern Virginia. When
Virginia seceded from the Union, the western
counties formed a separate government.
In 1863, this group of counties became
the state of West Virginia.
16. The Union’s Military Strategy
CHUNK #2 Pg 69. Graphic Organizer
– Read the Union’s Military
Strategy and name the three
strategies of the Union army.
17. The Union’s Military Strategy
North:
Goal: Compel the Southern states
to rejoin the Union.
Invade the South.
Destroy the South’s ability to
wage war.
Lower morale of the South so the
South would no longer fight.
18. Anaconda Plan – Strategy to circle the
South in tighter and tighter circles until
the Confederate supply lines were cut and
the fighting spirit of the South was
crushed.
19. The Confederacy's Military Strategy
CHUNK # 3 Pg 69 Graphic Organizer –
Read the Confederacy’s Military
Strategy and name the three
strategies of the Confederate
army.
20. The Confederacy's Military Strategy
South:
Goal: Force the Union to recognize
the rights of southern states to secede.
Prolong the War until the North tired of
fighting.
Convince European nations to support the
South in its goals.
21. The Confederacy had two distinct advantages
over the Union.
1. The South would fight a defensive
war over terrain and in a climate they
were familiar with.
2. The South had better educated and more
competent generals than the North.
Bull Run – The first battle of the Civil
War. Both sides realized the war would be
long and hard.
22. Review
1. Which states were considered the
border states and why?
2. Explain the Anaconda Plan?