3.19.13 Increasing Tensions Between North and South

Objective: Historians of 2017 will describe the events leading to an increased tension between the North and South leading up to the Civil War

Task 1: Study the map and complete the Do Now

Task 2: Review: Missouri of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850  

The Missouri Compromise (1820) 

The Compromise of 1850

Task 3: Increasing Tensions: Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), and the Dred Scot Case (1857)

• Open today's reading 

Additional Resources:

• The Civil War (PBS)
• Civil War's Greatest Myth (History Channel) 

Task 4: (Exit ticket) Go to Socrative use the room number kippsfbay8. Type in your First and Last name in order to receive credit.


Homework: Read the Dred Scott article. Complete the homework completion form.