We began to look at the second half of our unit which is was titled From New Nation to Two Nations. The two nations part is what we will be focusing on as we look at how America was pulled into the Civil War. While slavery is the central issue it is deeper than that. Slavery was not abolished yet America would be in war. We talked about the first "snowball" that would begin the issue. (though there is a history that dates back far before this) was Eli Whitney's invention of the Cotton Gin. This gives rise to larger plantations and the need for additional slaves. We began the reading the following passages, each class got to a different point.
Start of Civil War packet