Aim: What were the causes of the Mexican War, and in what ways did it bring about a grown sectional crisis during the 1850s?
Bell Ringer: Review J71 / A: European diseases took the lives of thousands of natives. White settlers also undertook systematic campaigns of extermination. Congress abetted these assaults. In 1853, Congress authorized five reservations of only 25,000 acres each and refused to provide the Indians with military protection. Some settlers simply murdered Indians to push them off non reservation lands. While the native population of California declined rapidly, the white American population surged, from 380,000 in 1860 to 560,000 by 1870. This same period witnessed increasing numbers of Chinese migrants, drawn by the work in the economic staples of mining, ranching, and farming.
Agenda:
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDkqvqqjMAA (3 min)
2. America Compared: The Gold Rush / Complete questions 1 & 2
3. The Compromise of 1850:
A. "slavery follows the flag" - planters could by right take their slave property into new territories - won support in ____________.
B. "squatter sovereignty" AKA Popular Sovereignty (Stephen Douglas)
C. Map 13.6: Fugitive Slave Law, Abolish Slavery in D.C. / Why did the Fugitive Slave Law fail?
D. Seward's argument: slavery is morally unjust, politically unwise, and socially pernicious vs. Calhoun's justification.
4. Journal 72 - How did the Compromise of 1850 resolve the various disputes over slavery, and who benefited more from its terms? (10 min)
5. Gadsden Purchase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn2FzuPyFlY (5 min)
6. Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin / Why many in the U.S. came to view slavery as inherently evil in the 20th century, when it was so ardently defended in the 19th century?
Assignment: Create a concept map - consider why Uncle Tom's Cabin was so successful. Why did this book strike such a chord with Americans in both the North and the South? Refer to the University of Virginia's superb site "Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture" and trace the work's influence from the mid-nineteenth through the twentieth century.
http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/sitemap.html (rest of class)
Home Learning:
1. Long Essay Question: due Monday, January 8th.
2. Journal 73 - What were the main policy objectives of the Republican and American parties?
3. Study for tomorrow's Chapter 13 Vocab. Quiz
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