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3-4.3 Explain the

reasons for South

Carolinas secession fromthe Union, including the

abolitionist movement

and the concept of

states rights.

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South

Carolinasagricultural

economy

became

dependent on

slavery.

This was the

result of the

English settlers

from Barbadoswho introduced

the institution

of slavery.

Barbados

-agriculture: the work of producing crops.

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The invention of thecotton gin intensifiedor strengthened the

institution of slavery.

Cotton could becleaned faster so theycould grow more. Themore they grew, the

more slaves wereneeded to take care of

it.

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What caption could

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As a result.. A way of life was established and

defended by the elite class whoprofited greatly from the use ofslaves.

Cotton production broughtprosperity to the state.

Although many South Caroliniansdid not own slaves, slavery becameaccepted by almost all SouthCarolinians as an integral part oflife in the state.

Slavery was defended by themiddle class, who aspired to oneday achieve the status of the elitesand also by lower class whites whofelt some measure of superiority to

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During the antebellum period, theconcept of slavery became a topic of

national discussion. Some believed thepractice to be an immoral one. Some felt

it to be and integral part of the

agricultural way of life. Some agreedwith both.

Who would thinkslavery is an integral

part of theagricultural way of

life?

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Summarize

In your notebooks, summarizewhat you have just learned in atleast 3 complete sentences.

Share your summary with your

neighbor.

Predict: What do you think willhappen to this way of life?

In your notebooks write your

predictionI predict that this wayof life________________________________________________

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Abolish

A movement to abolishslavery throughout heUnited States began togrow.

Abolitionism was seen bySouth Carolinians as athreat to their way of life.

Abolitionists spoke outagainst slavery in speeches

and newspapers.

South Carolina refused toallow abolitionistnewspapers to be mailed

into the state.

The purpose of the abolitionist movementwas to outlaw slavery throughout theUnited States.

South Carolinians feared that theabolitionist would cause slave revolts anddid not welcome them in the state.

Abolish means: to get rid of something, todo away with it.

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What would an abolitionists newspapersay?Who would benefit from this paper being

read?

Who would benefit from this

newspaper?

Why would this newspaper beallowed to be read in SC and notthe other?

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South Carolinians who spoke out against slavery wereoften vilified, talked very badly about, and notaccepted by society.

Some abolitionists, such as the Grimke sisters, wereforced to leave SC.

Abolitionists also provided resting places for escapingslaves along the Underground Railroad.

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The Grimke sisterswere abolitionistsfrom South

Carolina.They were forced toleave because oftheir views on

slavery.

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Read the selection andcomplete this chart in

your notebook.

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The Underground Railroad was not very effective in SCbecause the state was too far from the border with the Northand even farther from Canada.

Escaped slaves often continued their journey all the way toCanada because they were not safe from recapture in theNorth because most Northerners were not abolitionists.

The abolitionist movement was effective in SC making slaveowners more determined to defend the right to own slaves.

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The argumentover slaveryreached a climax,boiling point,when the North

and the Southdisagreed onwhether or notslavery should beallowed toexpand to the

westernterritories.

South Carolinawas afraid that ifmore states

joined the Unionas free states, theslave states

would be outnumbered by themore populated

free states.

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In the House of

Representatives thenumber ofrepresentatives is

based on population.

In the Senate there are2 senators from eachstate.

South Carolina worried that the freestates would have morerepresentation in the government andchange the laws to end slavery as aresult of national legislation.

Lets ANALYZEthese statements andSYNTHESIZE for

better

understanding!!!

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States Rights

The concept of states rights

was an idea that each statehad the right to decidewhether or not to obeynational laws.

This theory of state rightssupported the notion thatonly the SC legislature hadthe right to make decisionsabout slavery, or any other

issue, in the state and thatthe state could defy nationallaws with which it disagreedthus making them null and

void within that state.

John C. Calhoun a senator

from South Carolinasupported the states rights tomake their own laws.

What doyou think

SC willchoose todo aboutslavery?

Turn anddiscusswith yourneighbor.

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During his campaign for thepresidency, Abraham Lincolnproposed to halt the spread of

slavery to the territories buthe was not an abolitionist.

Lincoln did not advocateending slavery in SC and therest of the South.

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When Lincoln won the electionof 1860, South Carolinians

believed that, despite hisclaims to not end slavery, hewould indeed seek to abolishthe practice of slavery freeingtheir slaves.

As a result, SC decided tosecede from the Union inorder to preserve their culturaland economic way of life.

The secession of SC and theother southern states was anattempt to hold on to the wayof life base upon slavery anddefended their action with the

argument of state rights.

Secede means "to break away"

Whatcountry

did thesesouthern

statesform?

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Why did SC secede fromthe Union?

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Analyze and Infer:What do you thinkwill be a result ofthe disagreement

between slaveryand the beginningof the ConfederateStates of America?

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