Textbook Readings
Textbook part 1
Textbook part 2
Textbook part 3
Founding Fathers v. The Tea Party
2nd Great Awakening Handout (use this with Syllabus #20 assignment)
Pro-Slavery Argument
Compromise of 1850 Scenario Reading You'll need to read the first section of this (pgs 1-13) for Syllabus #33 & our Class ROLE PLAY !!! in Syllabus #34.
Compromise of 1850
The following two articles provide general overviews of the compromise:
Article 1 Article 2
Pro-Slavery Argument (anti-Wilmot):
John C. Calhoun speech (1850)
Pro Compromise perspectives:
1. Daniel Webster, March 7th (1850) speech
2. Stephen Douglas on the Compromise of 1850
Abolitionist/Free Soil Perspectives (Wilmot supporters):
1. William H. Seward's "Higher Law" speech
2, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
The Role of The Fugitive Slave Law in the Compromise of 1850:
1. Fugitive Slave Law
2. Read and Ponder the Fugitive Slave Law!! (a contemporary critique of the FSL: good for the Free Soil perspective)
Textbook part 2
Textbook part 3
Founding Fathers v. The Tea Party
2nd Great Awakening Handout (use this with Syllabus #20 assignment)
Pro-Slavery Argument
Compromise of 1850 Scenario Reading You'll need to read the first section of this (pgs 1-13) for Syllabus #33 & our Class ROLE PLAY !!! in Syllabus #34.
Compromise of 1850
The following two articles provide general overviews of the compromise:
Article 1 Article 2
Pro-Slavery Argument (anti-Wilmot):
John C. Calhoun speech (1850)
Pro Compromise perspectives:
1. Daniel Webster, March 7th (1850) speech
2. Stephen Douglas on the Compromise of 1850
Abolitionist/Free Soil Perspectives (Wilmot supporters):
1. William H. Seward's "Higher Law" speech
2, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
The Role of The Fugitive Slave Law in the Compromise of 1850:
1. Fugitive Slave Law
2. Read and Ponder the Fugitive Slave Law!! (a contemporary critique of the FSL: good for the Free Soil perspective)