Objectives:
Explain the similarities and differences in how regional attitudes affected federal policy in the period after the Mexican-American War.
Explain the effects of immigration from various parts of the world on American culture from 1844 to 1877.
Explain how regional differences related to slavery caused tension in the years leading up to the Civil War.

Class Starter: Abraham Lincoln's Eulogy of Henry Clay

"Henry Clay is dead! -- He breathed his last on yesterday at twenty minutes after eleven, in his chamber at Washington. To those who followed his lead in public affairs, it more appropriately belongs to pronounce his eulogy, and pay specific honors to the memory of the illustrious dead -- but all Americans may show the grief which his death inspires, for, his character and fame are national property. As on a question of liberty, he knew no North, no South, no East, no West, but only the Union, which held them all in its sacred circle, so now his countrymen will know no grief, that is not as wide-spread as the bounds of the confederacy. The career of Henry Clay was a public career. From his youth he has been devoted to the public service, at a period too, in the world's history justly regarded as a remarkable era in human affairs. He witnessed in the beginning the throes of the French Revolution. He saw the rise and fall of Napoleon. He was called upon to legislate for America, and direct her policy when all Europe was the battle-field of contending dynasties, and when the struggle for supremacy imperiled the rights of all neutral nations. His voice, spoke war and peace in the contest with Great Britain.

"When Greece rose against the Turks and struck for liberty, his name was mingled with the battle-cry of freedom. When South America threw off the thralldom of Spain, his speeches were read at the head of her armies by Bolivar. His name has been, and will continue to be, hallowed in two hemispheres, for it is-- 

‘One of the few the immortal names
That were not born to die’

But Henry Clay is dead. His long and eventful life is closed. Our country is prosperous and powerful; but could it have been quite all it has been, and is, and is to be, without Henry Clay? Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security.

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Practice Questions: p. 214 1-6

Ch. 18 Outline

  1. How did U.S. trade and diplomacy expand into Asia?
  2. Compare and contrast the free soil movement with the abolitionist movement.
  3. How did national leaders attempt to solve the issue of slavery in the territories?
  4. What caused the collapse of the second party system (Whigs and Democrats)?

Word of the Day

Sovereign
  1. Define it
  2. Give an example of it
  3. Who was sovereign in the United States in 1678?
  4. Who is sovereign in the United States today?
  5. What might popular sovereignty mean?

Political Parties

1A     3A     3B

Webster's 7th of March Speech Analysis

Daniel Webster was a Whig politician who emphasized nationalism.  He ranked holding the Union together above abolishing slavery and worked toward compromise in most sectional disputes.  After reading the two introductory paragraphs of Webster’s 7th of March Speech, answer the questions at the end.
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Closer: Explain how regional differences related to slavery caused tension in the years leading up to the Civil War.

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Next Topic: The Failure of Compromise and Secession
Ch. 19 Outline due
Quiz next time: Long-term Causes of the Civil War

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