In-depth Resources: Causes of the Civil War

Sectionalism

Westward Expansion

http://ushistoryscene.com/article/civil-war-west-expansion/

Constitutional Convention

http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/winter11/war.cfm

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/i/incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl/critical-essays/we-the-people----slavery-and-the-us-constitution

http://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/the-constitution-and-slavery

http://www.heritage.org/constitution/content/pdf/lesson-19.pdf

Cotton Gin

https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/cotton-gin-patent/

Activity on DocsTeach - You Do Not Need to Complete It, Instead Use the Resources

http://docsteach.org/activities/4373

Missouri Compromise

http://www.civilwarmo.org/educators/resources/info-sheets/missouri-compromise

http://history-world.org/missouri%20Compromise.htm

Text of Missouri Compromise

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/the-missouri-compromise.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/

Map

http://college.cengage.com/history/us/ayers/am_passages/3e/improve/maps/map26.html

David Walker’s Appeal

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2930.html

http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/walker/bio.html

http://www.cfhi.net/DavidWalkerBlackWilmingtonAbolitionist.php

https://www.ncpedia.org/history/1776-1860/David-Walkers-Appeal - impact

William Lloyd Garrison and The Liberator

http://www.ushistory.org/us/28a.asp

http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-liberator/

Collection of Articles from The Liberator

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/garrison/

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/slavery-and-reform-1820-1840-16/anti-slavery-resistance-movements-124/nat-turner-s-rebellion-664-7816/

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3747.html - impact

https://docs.google.com/a/tolland.k12.ct.us/document/d/1OLxu3kIuTFC6i65NyiaHqP5rhCFxZ-HtBvRd8VLvocw/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OLxu3kIuTFC6i65NyiaHqP5rhCFxZ-HtBvRd8VLvocw/pub

http://www.ushistory.org/us/6f.asp (legacy)

Newspaper Report on Nat Turner’s Rebellion

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-newnation/4543

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-newnation/4545

Henry Clay and The Compromise of 1850

http://www.ushistory.org/us/30d.asp

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html

Fugitive Slave Act Specifically

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts

Morrill Tariff

http://what-when-how.com/the-american-economy/morrill-tariff-act-1861/

http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/06/war-over-slavery_rhetoric_is_i.html

Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe

Background on -

https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/harriet-beecher-stowe/harriet-beecher-stowe-life/

https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/harriet-beecher-stowe/her-global-impact/

https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/harriet-beecher-stowe/uncle-toms-cabin/

https://www.biography.com/news/uncle-toms-cabin-harriet-beecher-stowe

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/harriet-beecher-stowe-uncle-tom%E2%80%99s-cabin

Impact of -

https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/impact.shtml

Kansas-Nebraska Act

http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act

http://www.teachushistory.org/kansas-nebraska-act-bleeding-kansas

https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/a-house-dividing-1840-1861-17/breakdown-of-sectional-balance-126/the-kanas-nebraska-act-676-9466/

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Kansas-Nebraska_Act?rec=1476

Beating of Senator Sumner

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Caning_of_Senator_Charles_Sumner.htm

http://www.stephenpuleo.com/book/the-caning/

http://www.ushistory.org/us/31e.asp (aftermath)

http://history.furman.edu/benson/docs/sumenu.htm (editorials from the time period!)

Bleeding Kansas

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2952.html

http://www.nps.gov/resources/story.htm?id=193

http://www.teachushistory.org/files/beaties_of_extension_of_slavery_0.pdf

http://www.teachushistory.org/files/liberty-fair-maid-of-kansas.pdf

Dred Scott Decision

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html

https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/africanamerican/scott/scott.asp

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/dred-scott-case

Oberlin - Wellington Rescue

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Oberlin-Wellington_Rescue_Case

http://www.blackpast.org/aah/oberlin-wellington-rescue-1858

http://www.oberlinheritagecenter.org/cms/files/File/OB-Wellington%20Rescue.pdf

Connection to John Brown...

https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Oberlin%E2%80%93Wellington%20Rescue&item_type=topic

Election of 1860

http://www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp

http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1860.html

Map of Election - http://mrkash.com/activities/election1860.html

Secession

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/secession

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/secession/

http://www.historynet.com/secession

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths-about-why-the-south-seceded/2011/01/03/ABHr6jD_story.html

Lincoln’s Argument Against Secession from 1st Inaugural Address -

https://docs.google.com/a/tolland.k12.ct.us/document/d/1MVrCFC1yEjohu3Qibfg8TomeOXqGPVK9aznFsvxlhvY/edit?usp=sharing

https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/secessiontableofcontents.htm

Fort Sumter

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/fort-sumter

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?tab=facts (animated map included)

http://www.ushistory.org/us/33a.asp

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fort-sumter-the-civil-war-begins-1018791/?all

Robert E. Lee

http://www.biography.com/people/robert-e-lee-9377163

http://civilwar150th.blogspot.com/2011/04/lincoln-offers-lee-command.html

http://mrkash.com/activities/grant&lee.html

Primary Source - Letter From Robert E. Lee Resigning Post in U.S. Army

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/lee-letters/

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney

http://www.ushistory.org/us/32a.asp

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2933.html

President Buchanan

http://news.yahoo.com/james-buchanan-why-considered-america-worst-president-100229629--politics.html

https://millercenter.org/president/buchanan/impact-and-legacy

Stephen Douglas

http://www.history.com/topics/stephen-a-douglas

Abraham Lincoln

http://www.civilwar.com/people/22-union-government/146786-abraham-lincoln.html

http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln (Road to the White House)

Lincoln’s Argument Against Secession from 1st Inaugural Address -

https://docs.google.com/a/tolland.k12.ct.us/document/d/1MVrCFC1yEjohu3Qibfg8TomeOXqGPVK9aznFsvxlhvY/edit?usp=sharing

Frederick Douglas

http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-douglass-9278324#freedom-and-abolitionism

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html

http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/douglass.htm

Hannibal Hamlin

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201411141300--tms--poltodayctnyq-a20141116-20141116-column.html