UNIT 8 LEARNING GOALS:

• Locate what areas of the United Stated were considered North, West and South in the mid 19th century and compare the physical and human geographic characteristics of the North, West and South.

• Identify the economic characteristics and differences between the South, West and North and analyze why the plantations system and the transatlantic slave trade developed, why slavery spread and how tariff policies affected the economies of the North and the South.

• Compare the lifestyle of slaves with those of free blacks and analyze the impact of slavery on the North, South, and the West. 

• Analyze how John Quincy Adams, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison and Fredrick Douglas reacted to slavery in the United States.  

• Analyze how John Quincy Adams, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison and Fredrick Douglas reacted to slavery in the United States.  

• Evaluate the impact of the Dred Scott v. Sandford case and describe the arguments made for and against slavery and states’ rights.  

• Analyze how John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry further divided the United States on the issue of slavery and describe how this event led to the writing of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”.

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Quizlet - Mr.Helle, Causes of the Civil War

Quizlet: KGraf, Causes of the Civil War

Quizlet: What Caused the Civil War?

Quizlet: Causes of the Civil War