Growth of the US

What is a Gallery?

• A room/building for the display or sale of works of art.
• A display of an individual's work

What do Galleries have to do with today's lesson?

• Our gallery will display group work
• Topic: US Growth/Expansion
• Will walk to other group's work and take notes
• Learning from each other

Topics

• The Northwest Territories (NT)
• The Trail of Tears (TT)
• The Louisiana Purchase (LP)
• The Florida Purchase (FP)
• The Mexican War (MW)

Groups

• Echo, Stephanie & Dylan
• Lyric, Carrie & Dionna
• Kylie, Lakiah & Jevon
• Sonny & Charlie
• Aluanna & Mary

Today

• Finish Posters
• Those finished may play "Win the White House"
• Once all posters are completed, gallery walk will begin
• Quiz on Monday over the five readings

Today

• Group Presentation of Posters
• Pay CLOSE ATTENTION
• QUIZ

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Trail of Tears

Louisiana Purchase of 1803

Florida Purchase of 1819

Mexican American War (1846-48)

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2015

Slavery Leads to War

Define Terms

• Civil War = a war between citizens of the same country
• US CW = War between North (Union) & South (Confederate) states
• 1861 - 1865
• Fought to preserve the Union; NOT to end slavery
• 1.2 + million deaths 

Causes of the War

• States' Rights
• Role of Federal Government
• Preservation of the Union
• Economy
• ALL TIED TO THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY

"The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution African slavery as it exists amongst us, the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution.
[Our] foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition.” - Alexander Stephens, 1861

Source of the "Slave Problem" = The Constitution

• Problem 1 = allowing slaves to count toward population
• Problem 2 = federal law that fugitive slaves must be returned
• Problem 3 = allowing slave trade to con. for 20 yrs. after ratification
• Problem 4 = ignoring slavery's status in newly acquired territories
• Failure to deal with the issue left the door open for future conflict

Dealing with the "Slave Problem"

• Missouri Compromise
• The Compromise of 1850
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
• The Wilmot Proviso

Bell Work for 2/4
What is popular sovereignty? Who supported this doctrine more, the North or the South?

Popular Sovereignty =
a doctrine that the people living in a territory should be free of federal interference in determining domestic policy, especially with respect to slavery.

Today

• Review Test
• Review HW
• Define Key Terms
• Begin Time line Project

Wilmot Proviso

• 1846 amendment proposed by Rep. David Wilmot
• Proviso would ban slavery from territory acquired from Mexico
• Never approved - voted down in Senate
• 1850 - North still pushed to pass it, but South threatened to secede

Today

• Timeline Activity
• Events leading up to the Civil War
• Working with partners
• Use your textbook!

Directions

• 4 events / poster paper
• Each event must have its name, date, and summary
• 4 pictures total to match up with an event
• Keep timeline neat and orderly