BW:  Key Terms--

1.  popular sovereignty:   peopl'e right to create, change or abolish government

2.  Free Soil Party:  antislavery; tried to keep slavery out of the territori

 

Today we will use our maps of the North & the South to identify the terms of the Missouri Compromise

*  Read Chapter 16 Section 1 and Section 2 to explain why the Missouri Compromise did not work over tiem 

            

 Bell Work:  Key Terms--

3.  secede:  to withdraw from an organization, country, or political party

4.  fugitive:  runaway

 

 Class Assignment: 

 Describe the terms of the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska A ct
Identify the issue involved in the Supreme Court case known as the Dred Scott case.   

American Nation textbook:  Ch. 15, Section 2:  pages 439-442

 

 BW:  Person of the Week:  President Abraham Lincoln #15
President during the Civil War
 (read handout & write 2 additional facts)

Class Assignment:  
 Read the summary packet of chapter 16 complete the handout answering questions for each section.
 

 THANKSGIVING-- NO SCHOOL.