CLASSES NEXT YEAR:

• Psychology: Study of the mind

• Sociology: Study of groups of people

• Current Issues: Discussion of modern topics

• Law in America: Law enforcement & police

work

Teacher Recommendation Required:

• Climb Law

• Climb Current Issues

SLAVERY READINGS

Our next unit…

THE CIVIL WAR

Would you win Civil War Cash

Cab!?!?

CIVIL Cash Cab Questions…

1. Who fought against who?

2. What years did the C.War take place?

3. Who is the most famous President from the C. War?

4. Can you name a battle?

5. What was a cause of the Civil war?

North vs. South

1860-1865

Abe Lincoln

Sectionalism, Preserve the Union, States Rights, Slavery

THE START OF THE

CIVIL WAR:

SECTIONALISM &

SLAVERY

What leads the North & South to fight each other in the Bloodiest

War in US History?

More Americans die in the Civil war than all the wars combined!

SECTIONALISM

WHAT IS

“SECTIONALISM”?Having pride in your “section”

Aka: South LOVES South

North LOVES North

# 1 Cause of the

Civil War

A bitter rivalry

develops…

NORTH vs SOUTH1. Tons of Factories2. Tons of RR3. Big Cities4.Telegraph wires increase

communication5. Poor whites

(immigrants) scared Slaves will take their jobs so they don’t like slavery!

1. Mostly farmland2. Small cities/towns3. Few Factories4. Use rivers to

transport goods5. Very few

immigrants – they depend on slaves to get work done.

SECTIONALISM at it’s finestWell,

I HATE you too, Stupid Southerner!

I HATE Yankees

! Industrial losers!

BUZZ

So, the South thinks they are clearly better…

this invention makes it worse!Before the cotton gin

1 slave + 10 hrs = 1lb of cotton

After cotton gin

1worker + 10 hr = 1000 lbs cotton

COTTON GIN!Eli Whitney

Cotton was not profitable before…Now it is!

Southern guys can now make even

MORE $ if they have more slaves!

DUH! Cotton production increased

PS: so did slave use!

By 1860…

1 out of 7 people are slaves!

4 million!

Rather than moving away from slavery, the South became

more dependent on it.

True or False:

7 out of 10 people in the South

did NOT own slaves.

TRUE!!!

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% OF FAMILIESOWNING SLAVES

% of S. White Families Owning Slaves in 1860

About 1,150,000 Families owned no

slaves

Then why did so many people support slavery?

It was known as the

peculiar institution.

*People didn’t necessarily want it or love it, but they depended on it for their economy

“Slavery is like holding a Wolf by the ears, you don’t like it, but you

don’t dare let go”

PEOPLE AGAINST SLAVERY…

1. Abolitionists – “save the slaves”

2. Slaves – “save me”

PEOPLE FOR SLAVERY…

1. South. Guys – “save my money”

2. Immigrants – “save my job!”

Live footage….

For real!

Pay close attention & check out these crazy pics!

What do you know now?!?1. What are the differences between the North &

South Called?

2. Name 3 differences btwn the N & S.

3. What causes slavery to become profitable?

4. Who invented it?

5. Who is against slavery & why?

6. Who’s for it?

SECTIONALISM

Industrial/farming, slaves/no slaves, close/far, hot/cold, immigrants/no imm.

Cotton gin

Eli Whitney

Abolitionists, Slaves

Rich Southern guys, Immigrants

FOR WED:

…Slavery Reading Qs…

Do you think they got why the

country starts to head toward Civil

War?

Uhhhh, I don’t know. By the looks of their faces, its hard

to tell

Let’s Quiz ‘em and Find out!

That’s a darn fine

idea!

I need them! Don’t y’all Yankee’s

take them away!

I don’t want your life!

I want my Peculiar Institution!

They’re a 10!

Don’t you agree George…

For you non-Southerners that means…

We’re doing a good thang here!

You can thank me later!