8th Grade U.S. History | Issues of Sectionalism Lesson Plan Unit | Google Apps!

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With this Sectionalism Unit, you'll be able to easily explore all of these historically important topics in an in-depth and comprehensive manner with your students:

• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Acts
• Wilmot Proviso
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Decision
• Lincoln-Douglas Debates
• Raid on Harpers Ferry
• Election of 1860
• and MUCH more!!

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• Unit Outline with Lesson-by-Lesson Overview
• 7 highly curated presentations featuring built-in Discussion Based Questions (DBQ) in both PowerPoint (PPT) & Google Slides formats
• 18 student exercise assignments complete with teacher answer keys -PLUS- an Individual/Team Activity!
• 19 links to supplemental videos on YouTube
• Guided Notes Handouts for students for every lesson
• Jeopardy Unit Review Game - Fun, interactive, and EASY-TO-USE!!
• Unit Assessment with teacher answer key

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The Compromise of 1850

• Causes and effects of the Compromise of 1850
• Roles of prominent politicians such as Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, & John C. Calhoun
• How the Compromise of 1850 became historically significant

Wilmot Proviso

• What the Wilmot Proviso was
• Why the Wilmot Proviso is important

Fugitive Slave Laws

• Analysis of how fugitive slave laws progressed between the time the U.S. Constitution was created until the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
• Causes and effects of fugitive slave laws
• Breakdown of the Fugitive Slave Clause in the U.S. Constitution
• Purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
• Why the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was enacted

Uncle Tom's Cabin

• High-level overview of the novel including the stories characters and plot
• Why Uncle Tom's Cabin is historically significant
• Role the novel played in transforming American values and views of slavery
• How the novel further divided the North from the South
• What inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe to write the novel

Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Role of Stephen A. Douglas
• What the Kansas-Nebraska Act was and why it was proposed
• How the North and South reacted to the Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Why the Kansas Territory fell into a state of chaos (was a pre-cursor to the Civil War)
• Bleeding Kansas: factors that contributed to the outbreak of violence
• The Sacking of Lawrence & Pottawatomie Massacre

Dred Scott Decision

• Who Dred Scott was
• Why his case made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court
• Role of Scott's enslavers and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
• Causes and effects of the Dred Scott decision (Scott v. Sandford)

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

• Why Lincoln's "House Divided" speech garnered national acclaim
• How the Illinois Senate race of 1858 elevated Lincoln's national profile and popularity
• Impact of the Lincoln-Douglas debates and why the race between them drew nationwide attention

Raid on Harpers Ferry

• What the raid on Harpers Ferry was
• Role of John Brown
• Effects of the raid on Harpers Ferry

The Rise of Third Parties

• Free-Soil Party & Constitutional Union Party
• Who joined these third parties
• Why they were formed
• How they impacted American politics

Election of 1860

• Split of the Democratic Party
• The Republican nomination of Abraham Lincoln
• Overview of the four major candidates
• Election outcome and its effects
• How President Lincoln responded to the first seven states in the South that had seceded from the Union

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