Mrs. Attruia &Ms. Nelson Kauffman

US History: October 2009

Unit 3: Two American Identities: North and South

(US expansion to Civil War 1848-1861)

In our last unit, we examined the Declaration of Independence which stated that being an American included the following four beliefs:

• All men have the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
• All men are created equal
• A government should be based on the “consent of the governed” or democracy
• People have the right to change their government if the above needs are not met.

However, people in the North and South differed in their interpretation of these beliefs.

In this unit we will examine how the United States eventually became two societies: North and South, which were divided by their cultures, values and economies. Many of these differences between the North and South revolved around slavery. Our unit will begin by examining how the territorial growth of America contributed to sectionalism (the dividing of America into different sections.) The unit will end with the start of the Civil War, the event that finally ended slavery.

Essential Questions:

1. What is freedom?

2. How were the North and South becoming two different cultures?

3. Could Americans have settled their differences without a Civil War?

Skills

1. Interpreting and labeling maps

2. Critical reading techniques

3. Active listening and note-taking

4. Primary source analysis (including SOAPS)

5. Effective communication in writing

Assessments

1. Evaluation of documentaries about events leading to the Civil War

2. Oral presentations

3. Quizzes and tests

4. Analysis of primary sources

Vocabulary:

Annexation

Manifest destiny

Industrialization

Missouri Compromise of 1820

Compromise of 1850

Abolitionist movement (different tactics and people involved)

Underground railroad

Anthony Burns

Harriet Jacobs

Harriet Tubman

David Walker

Fredrick Douglass

William Lloyd Garrison

Elijah Lovejoy

Abraham Lincoln

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

Beating of Charles Sumner (1856)

Dred Scott decision (1857)

John Brown Raid (1859)

State’s rights

sectionalism

Daily assignments:

BRING TEXTBOOK, AND HISTORY BINDER DAILY!

The following assignments are due on the day indicated:

Monday 10/19/08: Introduce syllabus and US-Mexican War

**Geography test on Friday 10/23

Tuesday 10/20/09:  Homework due:  Westward Expansion map

Friday 10/23: Geography Test

Monday 10/26/09:  Homework due: complete T-chart of North vs. South from reading

             pgs. 315-319 in textbook

Tuesday 10/27/09:

            Homework due: define your assigned term and its significance (if you were

             absent, choose a term to write about)

1. Fugitive Slave Law  (p.322 and 323 in textbook)

2. Uncle Tom’s Cabin  (p.316)

3. Kansas Nebraska Act  (p.324)

4. Beating of Charles Sumner  (p.329)

5. Dred Scott decision  (p.329)

6. John Brown Raid  (p.332)

Thursday 10/29/09: Completed assigned preparations for John Brown debate in-class

Friday 10/30/09:

 *Test on essential questions and vocabulary.

Monday 11/2/09:  Begin Civil War