1. Check homework
2. ENSLAVEMENT Acrostic (pg 39)
3. Slavery Compromises (pg 41)
4. Slavery Compromises Map (pg 42)
HW: The Crisis Turns Violent (pg 43)
Today in history we finished up our study of slavery by working on an acrostic using the word "Enslavement," and then shared a couple of our Brer Rabbit stories from last night's homework. We then went back to the beginning of our unit, reviewed some of the differences between North and South between 1800 and 1850, then focused specifically on how slavery affected African-Americans as individuals and as a community.
>From the effect on African-Americans, we shift today to how slavery as an institution affected the politics of the 1800s. Since the creation of the Constitution, American lawmakers from North and South have argued and compromised over the issue of slavery. Beginning with the gradual termination of the international slave trade and the 3/5 Compromise, and continuing with the balance of Northern and Southern states being admitted to the Union, American politicians have been able to maintain the equilibrium between North and South.
The two biggest political compromises were the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850. In both these compromises, neither side got exactly what they wanted, but both sides were satisfied long enough to at least make the other side feel like his opponents didn't get too much.
The peace created by the Compromise of 1850 wouldn't last long though. In your homework tonight, you will explore how the sectional crisis in the United States turned violent, even resulting in bloodshed on the floor of the Senate!
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