3.21.14 Event Leading Up to the Civil War

Objective: Historians of 2018 will describe the events leading to an increased tension between the North and South leading up to the Civil War

Task 1: Dred Scott Case / John Brown's Raid

• Open today's reading (do not make a copy)

Task 2: Videos

Dred Scott Supreme Court Case

John Brown's Raid

Task 3: Google Moderator 

• Dred Scott - complete the sentence (I (agree / disagree) with the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case because...

• John Brown - John Brown should be considered a (hero / criminal) for his actions at Harpers Ferry because...

Additional Resources:

• Missouri Compromise (Education Portal)
• Compromise of 1850  (Education Portal) 
• Dred Scott (National Park Service)
• Harriet  Beecher Stowe Center 
• John Brown's Holy War (American Experience) 

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