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Unit 7 Bell Work

Timeline Terms

Chapter 14 Reading Notes and Objectives

The Antebellum Ant Farm Project

__**Friday, November 6th/Monday, November 9th**__ Today's class will be a review of the events covered in the previous unit looking at how the sectional divide in the United States began. We will examine the various sides involved in the Compromise of 1850, looking at John Calhoun's speech to Congress (March 4, 1850) as an example of the intense debate over this matter. We'll also be introducing the Antebellum Ant Farm Project.

- Lecture notes from this class

Today, we will be looking at the controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act and how that spurred an era of violence which led to the Civil War. In particular, we'll be looking at the controversial life of John Brown. For this lesson, you'll need some background information on John Brown - what he did and why, which you can get by looking at the National Geographic website dedicated to a documentary on [|John Brown.]
 * __Tuesday,__ __November 12th/Wednesday, November 13th__**

Next, we will consider the impact that John Brown had on the [|Underground Railroad], and we will compare and contrast Brown's views toward violence and the abolition movement with others during the same time, particularly those [|African-Americans]involved in the abolition movement.

Finally we'll look at John Brown's testimony in court immediately before being sentenced to death for his role in the raid on Harpers Ferry.

Through this all, there are a few guiding questions that I want you to think about:
 * What effect did the Fugitive Slave Act have on the abolitionist movement? How did this law help make violence seem unavoidable in the Underground Railroad?
 * What was John Brown's attitude toward violence? How did he justify it? How did this attitude differ from that of the Quakers and other abolitionists?
 * How did John Brown view and treat African Americans, and how did this view differ from the attitudes of other whites who spoke out against slavery?

At the end of class, you will receive excerpts from //Uncle Tom's Cabin//, which will give you a different voice to listen to during the abolition movement. Consider how Stowe's experiences shape her views toward the South and how that may be similar or different to Brown's views and actions.

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