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Film- A Very Bloody Affair-Ken Burns Series- Please take over a page of notes.

Social Causes of the Civil War

• John Brown- Who was he?  What did he do at the Pottawatomie Massacre(page 459)? What happened at Harpers Ferry(page 466)?

• Frederick Douglass-Who was he(page 453)? What does he show a nation about Slaves?
 
• Uncle Tom's Cabin- page 455- What was this book about? Why was it so significant?
 
• Dred Scott decision--page 463-What were the circumstances surrounding the case? What did the Supreme Court say?

Politcal Causes of the Civil War-Keeping a balance in the Federal Government-(Senate)

• Missouri Compromise- What was it? 

• Wilmot Proviso-What was it? What is Sectionalism? What is Popular Sovereignty?(page 450)
• Compromise of 1850- What was it? What was the Fugitive Slave Act? (page 452)
• Kansas-Nebraska Act--What was it? What was Bleeding Kansas? (page 458)

Chapter 15 -Identifying People and Ideas & Understanding Main Ideas- page 472

• Due Friday, January 16th.