Causes of the Civil War Pt. 2

Bell Ringer:

What is Popular Sovereignty? What is an issue you wish the government would give the states popular sovereignty over today?

“Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.” - Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin

What is the author referring to?

Why is it important that this line was in a novel rather than a speech or "non-fiction" book?

Exit Ticket:

How was violence used as a political tool in the events leading up to the Civil War?

Do think think that violence should be used to gain to make political or moral gain?

Summarize your weekend:

Who?

What?

When?

Where?

Why?

Result?

Using your notes and the past few slides, summarize the election of 1860.