Slide 1The Causes of The Civil War – John Brown’s Raid, Election of 1860 Slide 2 John Brown’s Raid: In 1859, John Brown and his followers seized a federal arsenal in…
Slide 1Plantations and Slavery Spread Slide 2 I. The Cotton Boom Slide 3 Eli Whitney Cotton was becoming too unprofitable One slave could only clean one pound of cotton a…
Slide 1The Politics of Slave Culture Slide 2 Puzzles to Consider for Next Week Why did northerners and southerners come to distrust each other? Why did southerners…
Slide 1 “The punishments were whipping, putting you in the stocks [wooden frames to lock people in] and making you wear irons and a chain at work…Sometimes they dug a…
Slide 1Review Game: Sectionalism Slide 2 Prior to the Civil War, what was the basis of the Northern economy? Slide 3 Manufacturing & industry. Slide 4 Prior to the Civil…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Slavery Slide 3 Intro to Slavery In the American south, slavery was a way of life. Most all southerners owned slaves. Slaves were used for many things, including…
Slide 1 Causes of the CIVIL WAR Slide 2 Name: _______________ September 2012 Period: _____________Social Studies Topic: Causes of the Civil War Aim: What events lead to the…
Slide 1 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR Slide 2 THREE MAIN CAUSES SLAVERY – main cause SECTIONALISM – favoring one region over the whole country SECESSION/STATES’ RIGHTS –…
Slide 1 Bell Ringer! What does it mean to “reform”? What does it mean to “reform”? If you could change one thing for the better in our country, what would it be and…
Slide 1 CHAPTER 8 REFORMING AMERICAN SOCIETY Slide 2 Second Great Awakening Reject Calvinism - Unitarianism: Individual responsibility for salvation African American Church…