1. Nebraska Kansas Act Andrew 2. What was it? Proposed by Stephen Douglas It let the states decide if they wanted to be a slave state or free state Made to repeal the Missouri…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Civil War and Reconstruction Jeopardy Review Slide 3 Slide 4 What legislative act inspired abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Warm Up  It is 1820, and you are a member of Congress. People from the North are arguing that new states in the Western territories should be free states.…

Slide 1 So You Want Your Child/Student to be Famous? Ted Goertzel Slide 2 Why? To realize your own frustrated ambitions? To help them realize theirs? Because it is a side-effect…

Slide 1 How is America Changing? Moving West – People moving to Northwest Territory – Center of population is moving away from the East Coast New technology and transportation…

The Nation Divided Chapter 14 Growing tensions over slavery Between 1820 and 1840, four new slave states and four new free states entered the union There was 15 states on…

The Nation Breaking Apart 1846-1861 Causes of the Civil War Missouri Compromise Problem: Missouri wanted to become a state in 1817 Wanted to allow slavery U.S. had 11 slave…

The Nation Divided Chapter 14 Growing tensions over slavery Between 1820 and 1840, four new slave states and four new free states entered the union There was 15 states on…

The Nation Breaking Apart 1846-1861 The Nation Breaking Apart 1846-1861 Chapter 15 Growing Tensions Between North and South Section One North and South Take Different Paths…

Causes of the Civil War Timeline Causes of the Civil War Manifest Destiny US expands to the West Oregon Texas California Utah/ New Mexico Methods Purchase Annexation Compromise…