Week 4: Fuel for the Fire

Week 4: Fuel for the Fire

 



Vocabulary words:
Popular Sovereignty:  is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.
Compromise: an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions. (a deal)


The Fugitive Slave Act: The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States. Enacted by Congress in 1793, the first Fugitive Slave Act authorized local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners and imposed penalties on anyone who aided in their flight.



Make sure you’ve added these dates to your timeline.

Timeline Dates:

1800-1859 – John Brown 

1859 – Harper’s Ferry/John Brown incident 

1820 – Missouri Compromise of 1820 

1850 – Compromise of 1850 

1854 – Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 

1799-1858 – Dred Scott 

1857 – Dred Scott decision

John Brown

    "John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. His plan to arm slaves with the weapons he and his men seized from the arsenal was thwarted, however, by local farmers, militiamen, and Marines led by Robert E. Lee. Within 36 hours of the attack, most of Brown's men had been killed or captured." (PBS)

1. Missouri Compromise of 1820

2. Compromise of 1850 

3. Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

Our Simulation this week was on the Dred Scott Decision.  

Dred Scott

Sound Smart: Dred Scott Case | History

We assigned a debate topic of:  

The military draft is a good thing.  

The North is Affirmative and the South is Negative.

North Side (Blue): Bella, Zeke, and Makayla

South Side (Grey): Ava and Elise

Scholar Challenges: 

1. Complete research for your debate.  Fill out debate worksheet. 

2. Complete primary source study for the Dred-Scott Decision.

3. Complete timeline assignment.

4. Continue reading ​Uncle Tom’s Cabin ​ by Harriet Beecher Stowe.  Due on October 23rd.

5. Continue your memorization work.

6. Read over the “Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln.

7. Journal writing:  Did the Supreme Court get the Dred-Scot decision right? Support your thoughts.  Cite information from the decision to support your answer.

Hero Insight Instructions​: ​(Should be about Five Minutes)

-Introduce your hero in an interesting way.

-Give background of your hero

-What did he/she do?  Did this make him/her a hero?

-Explain and present accompanying topic in an interesting way.

-Use pictures, props, etc!

Hero Insight Assignments

October 9^th : Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Seneca Falls Convention 1848

Makayla

October 16^th : Ralph Waldo Emerson/Transcendentalism Movement

Bella