Objectives• How, why and to what extent the ideals of American womanhood changed from “republican motherhood” at the time of the American Revolution to the “cult of domesticity” at the start of the Civil War.
• How and to what extent various groups of 19th Century immigrants were subjected to political and economic discrimination, as well as, cultural stereotypes.(e.g., nativism, Order of the Star-Spangled Banner, Know-Nothings, Thomas Nast and Harper’s Weekly cartoons, “Forty-Eighters”, Naturalization Act of 1870). • How nativism and anti-immigrant behaviors influenced various groups of immigrants (e.g., Scots-Irish, Irish, German and Asian) and the United States before the Civil War. • How the institution of slavery impacted the antebellum lives and cultures of those who were enslaved (e.g., the slave trade, plantation division of labor, effects on enslaved women, slave religion and folklore, family life and slave rebellions). • How and to what extent the Underground Railroad influenced the migration of slaves to free communities in the North before the Civil War. • How and to what extent the failure of political compromises over the expansion of slavery contributed to the onset of the Civil War. (Inalienable rights, Equal justice under the law, private property rights, federalism) • How, why, and to what extent executive, judicial and legislative decisions may have increased sectional tension within the United States (e.g., the Three-Fifths Compromise, the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, the Missouri Compromise, the Tariff of 1828, the Mexican War, the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act, the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision). (Structure of government, separation of powers with checks and balances, federalism) • How southerners and politicians defended state’s rights, slavery, and the idea of nullification at times of sectional tension and political debate (e.g., Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, John C. Calhoun, George Fitzhugh and South Carolina Exposition and Protest). (Inalienable rights, property rights, federalism, individual responsibility) • The significance of the abolitionist movement in the United States through the contributions of major leaders and participants, their strategies and opposition, and the results of their efforts by the end of Reconstruction (e.g., Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, pamphlets, newspapers, speeches and American Anti-Slavery Society). (Inalienable rights, equal protection under the law, individual rights, due process) • The significance of the abolitionist movement in the United States through the contributions of major leaders and participants, their strategies and opposition, and the results of their efforts by the end of Reconstruction (e.g., Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, pamphlets, newspapers, speeches and American Anti-Slavery Society). (Inalienable rights, equal protection under the law, individual rights, due process) • How the institution of slavery impacted the antebellum lives, cultures and perspectives of those who were free (e.g. free blacks, plantation owners, southern farmers, northern laborers and western settlers). (Inalienable rights, equal justice under the law, private property rights, due process) • How slaves and freedmen reacted to the proposition that “all men are created equal” during the era of African American slavery (e.g., Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, “Ain’t I a Woman”, Phyllis Wheatley, Harriet Jacobs and Nat Turner). (Inalienable rights) • How and why political leaders crafted sectional compromises following the Mexican War. • How political platforms, campaigns and elections impacted the distribution of power within the institutions of national government and between the states and nation (e.g., elections and campaigns of 1860, Whig, Free-Soil, Democratic and Republican platforms). (Structure of government, separation of powers with checks and balances, federalism, frequent and free elections in a representative government) • How and why national economic panics originated and impacted the political, social and cultural development of the United States. (e.g., Panic of 1837, 1857) • How the advancement of printing technologies and the availability of popular literature, through pamphlets, newspapers and magazines, impacted American culture from the Revolution to the Civil War. ). • How and why political parties continued to debate the proper role of government long after the War for Independence ended. • How and to what extent American participation in and debate over war shaped the development and platforms of national political parties. (Federalism, individual responsibility) Combine this and objective above and conduct a mock election from this time period – should be Election of 1860) Anti-slavery movement
Slave codes Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman Kansas-Nebraska Act Bleeding Kansas Republican Party Popular Sovereignty Summer-Brooks Incident Freeport Doctrine Lincoln-Douglas Debates Free Soil Party Compromise of 1850 Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857 John Brown and Harper’s Ferry Fugitive Slave Act Missouri Compromise Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom’s Cabin Fugitive Slave Law Election of 1860 Causes of Secession |
Resources
Coming of Civil War guided reading
Election of 1860 Activity John Brown's Holy War- PBS Film (OUTSTANDING!) John Brown -- Freedom Fighter or Terrorist? Essay Activity w/rubric (for use with PBS film above) Secession DBQ Coming of Civil War worksheets (Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Law, Popular Sovereignty, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Abolitionists' arguments (Uncle Tom's Cabin), SC Secession Convention) Examples of Slave Codes SC's Declaration of the Causes of Secession Question for SC Declaration of Secession |