1. By: Ashlee Dunham 2. Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American author and abolitionist in the years prior to the American Civil War. 3. Harriet Elisabeth Beecher was born…

1. Road to War 2. Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • She wanted to bring the plight of slave families to public attention • One of the most influential…

1. Sectionalism & Secession Dr. Yolanda Romero 2. I. Sectionalism • Territorial Crisis – Wilmot Proviso (1846) • Pros & Cons Election of 1848 Northern Democrats-popular…

1. Causes of the Civil War 2. Invention of the Cotton Gin ♦ When: 1793 ♦ Who: Eli Whitney: ♦ Where: South ♦ What: Invention to remove seeds from cotton 3. Invention…

1. Questions from the IB Visual Arts Guide The Arts and Theory of Knowledge 2. “If you can describe a film in words it probably isn’t one.” Robert Altman (1925 –…

Problems of Sectional Balance in 1850 California statehood. Southern “fire-eaters” threatening secession. Underground RR & fugitive slave issues: Personal liberty…

NOTES 1 2 3 4 5 John Newman Beecher to Fred Chappell, February 18, 1974, Barbara Beecher Personal Collection, Burnsville, NC. David Nasaw, “Introduction, Historians and…

1. Top 20 Significant Figures in the Civil War 2. He was the president in the Union side before and during the civil war. His assuming of presidency, his belief in abolition,…

1. The Civil War (War Between the States) 1861-1865 2. The War Between States • The war lasted from 1861 to 1865 • The war started and ended at Wilmer McLean’s housePicture…

1. Prelude to the Civil War 2. Differences between the North and South NORTH Economy Based Primarily on IndustryImmigrants from Europe came in droves to work in factories…