https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x Complete with your table as a bellringer. Your comment should be at least two sentences. You may use Google or your online text for assistance. en-us 2019-01-23 20:54:55 UTC 2023-12-13 16:30:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png lisa_sparks https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323689185 White plantation owners often responded to critics of slavery by claiming that the relationship between a slave master and a slave resembled the relationship between a father and a member of his family.

Explain why this isn't the case. Use information from class.]]> 2019-01-23 20:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323689185 lisa_sparks https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323689823 Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Maryland around 1817. He escaped captivity and fled to the North, where he became the famous and influential spokesman of the African-American abolitionists, and the highly successful author and speaker.

If you could interview Mr. Douglass, what would you ask him?]]> 2019-01-23 20:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323689823 lisa_sparks https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323691305 A passionate abolitionist named John Brown came up with an interesting scheme in 1857. His plan was to invade the South, liberate the slaves, and create a free state for the ex-slaves. In an attempt to provide slaves with weapons, he attacked an arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and several innocent people lost their lives. Brown was tried for treason and 🤬, found guilty, and hanged.

Was John Brown a murderer or a martyr?]]> 2019-01-23 21:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323691305 lisa_sparks https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323692119 How did the populations of the Union and the Confederacy compare?]]> 2019-01-23 21:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323692119 lisa_sparks https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323692481 After the election of 1860, in which Abraham Lincoln was elected president; South Carolina seceded from the Union. Ten other states followed its lead, forming the Confederate States of America. President Lincoln decided that he could not allow the country to break apart and that only military force could save the Union. The Civil War began.

What other options did Lincoln have in his quest to save the nation?]]> 2019-01-23 21:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323692481 lisa_sparks https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323693453 The Homestead Act set aside millions of acres of land for settlers in the West. Settlers had two ways to get approximately 160 acres of land. They could either live on the land for five years and then pay about $30, or live on the land for six months and then pay $1.25 per acre.

If you were a settler, which option would you choose? Why?]]> 2019-01-23 21:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323693453 lisa_sparks https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323694780 What did General Sherman's March entail? Why did it cause such lasting resentment?]]> 2019-01-23 21:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lisa_sparks/ft94a4yvq21x/wish/323694780