Agenda for 11/29

1. Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny (Texas, Mexico, and California)

• Crash Course
• APUSH Explained slide show - Manifest Destiny
• Even Jimmy Fallon loves Westward Expansion!

2. Road to Disunion: Sectionalism, Compromise and the Failure of Compromise

• Crash Course
• APUSH Explained slideshow - Sectionalism
• APUSH Explained slideshow - Drifting to Disunion

HW:

For your assigned event (see below), write a 1-2 page paper arguing how your event was the most significant cause of the Civil War. Be sure to include at least one paragraph that explains the details of your event (historical facts), and then 2-3 paragraphs that argue WHY your event was the most significant cause.

• Manifest Destiny
• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas
• Dred Scott/Uncle Tom's Cabin/Harper's Ferry
• Lincoln/Republican Party/Election of 1860