Sectionalism+Part+2

=Objective:=
 * Understand the social and political impact of the idea of Manifest Destiny.
 * Understand the major events and issues that promoted sectional conflicts and strained national cohesiveness in the antebellum period (e.g., Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Decision)

= = =Key Terms & People=

Using the resources listed below, write a definition for each of the following terms or people listed in your //**Social Studies Only**// notebook/binder. __//Make sure you can acknowledge the source for the information you used for your answer.//__
 * popular sovereignty
 * Compromise of 1850
 * secede
 * Fugitive Slave Act
 * Kansas-Nebraska Act
 * Dred Scott
 * John Brown (ABC-CLIO - [|John Brown])
 * Pottawatomie Massacre
 * John Brown's Raid

=**Main Ideas**=

Answer these questions as well. Homework Research
 * Answer the following questions in your** //Social Studies Only// **notebook/binder. The answers may be written as a complete paragraph, as a list, or as a picture/diagram. __//Make sure you can acknowledge the source for the information you used for your answer.//__**
 * 1) How are the arguments made for/against California's admission into the union similar to the arguments made during the debate over Missouri's admission to the union?
 * 2) How did the Compromise of 1850 contradict [go against] the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
 * 3) What were the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act? Why did some Americans believe the Fugitive Slave Act was unfair?
 * 4) How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act contradict [go against] the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and anger Northerners?
 * 5) What was the decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case? Identify the reasons the Supreme Court gave to support their decision.
 * 6) How did the Supreme Court case affect abolitionists efforts? Why did John Brown's raid lead some southerners to talk about leaving the Union?
 * 7) Explain how the actions of John Brown in the Pottawatomie Massacre and at Harper's Ferry would lead some Southerners to talk about leaving the Union?

=Resources=
 * [|Holt Pages 476-480]
 * [[file:Bleeding Kansas Pt. 1 & 2-2.pdf]]
 * [[file:Dred Scott Decision & John Brown's Raid-1.pdf]]
 * ABC-CLIO - [|John Brown]

=**Video Resources**=

- Click on the Hippocampus icon below. It will take you to our Hippocampus class page. - Find the video(s) listed below on the left side of the screen under "BOOKMARKS" media type="custom" key="6051033"
 * Instructions**
 * Compromise of 1850
 * Kansas-Nebraska Act
 * Dred Scott Decision

=Extensions= The information below is //**optional**// reading and is meant only to extend the knowledge you have gained from the primary resources listed above.

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 * The Oregon Country
 * The annexation of Texas
 * The Mexican-American War
 * Uncle Tom's cabin
 * Abolitionism

An American Civil War song: John Brown's Body