SSUSH8 The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and westward expansion.

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SSUSH8 The student will explain the relationship
between growing north-south divisions and
westward expansion.

1. Explain how slavery became a significant issue in
   American politics include the slave rebellion of
   Nat Turner and the rise of abolitionism (William
   Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, and the Grimke
   sisters).
2. Explain the Missouri Compromise and the issue of
   slavery in western states and territories.

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Slavery and the Southern Economy

• The South was mainly agricultural with little
  manufacturing.
• The main crops during the mid 1800s were rice and
  cotton, both which required extensive labor to
  produce.
• Though slavery was prevalent in the South, the
  majority of Southerners did not own slaves.

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Nat Turners Revolt

• Slave Codes put restrictions on slaves,
  preventing them from learning to read and write.
• Nat Turner, a Virginia slave, believed God had
  chosen him to lead a revolt.
• Turner and his followers killed more than 50
  people before being caught.
• Turners Revolt led to states
• passing even stricter codes
• and restrictions on slaves.

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The Missouri Compromise

• In 1819 the U.S. consisted of 11 free and 11
  slave states.
• Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state
  in 1819
• To off set the imbalance, Maine applied for
  statehood as a free state.
• The Missouri Compromise granted statehood to both
  and set a boundary in which areas slavery could
  expand.
• Why would the South agree
• not to expand slavery into
• the Unorganized Louisiana
• Territory?

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Abolitionist

• Grimke Sisters South Carolina sisters who moved
  north to promote the abolitionist movement.
• William Lloyd Garrison became one of the
  countrys leading abolitionist, publishing the
  pro-abolitionist newspaper the Liberator.
• Fredrick Douglas, a former
• slave, published the
• newspaper the North Star
• and an autobiography.

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Questions

1. Why was slavery more prevalent in the Southern
   states?
2. What were the results of Nat Turners slave
   revolt?
3. What was the purpose of the abolitionist
   movement? What made the Grimke Sisters different
   than many abolitionist?
4. What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
   Why were there few slaves in the western states?