Foner-Chapter 13

A House Divided
1840-1861
Historical Period
Angel Alvarez
Ms. Montes
Advanced Placement United States History
Due Date
GPO: Communicate Ideas and Investigate the World
 Historical Causation
Long term causes Short term causes

1. U.S. claiming Mexico territory 1. Compromise of 1850

2. Discoverment of Gold 2. Election of Taylor
3. Kansas- Nebraska
3. Containment of Slavery
Controversy
4. Rise to Republican Party

Long term effects Short term effects

1. U.S. keeps California to 1. All of these events lead to

themselves and rest of the the war in between the US.
east.
2. Causes the Gold Rush
3. Putting an end to slavery.
4. Gave a change to politics
Patterns of Continuity and
Change over time
Continental Expansion: The expandment of United States led
white foreigners to go out to new places .

Texas Revolt: Gave independence to Texas from the Mexican

powers and cause an impact and a growth to the area of
United States

War between Southern Unionists: There was a disagreement

between the Unionist and the government, which led to Union
wanting to separate from the rest of United States.
Periodization

Period #5 Civil War and Reconstruction

This chapter mainly focused on the United States and how

they worked on expanding their territory. As well as
controlling and compact the use of slaves.
Comparison

United States was not united and was rather separated during
this period because one part of the U.S. had different ideas
than the others.

United States is unified together as one and does not have a

problem or disagreement of an sort
Contextualization

● Continental Expansion
● Texas Revolt
● War between Southern Unionist
● The emergence of Lincoln
● Pause on Slavery
● Addition to new laws
Historical Argumentations

Some historical argumentation that were made would be that

slaves should be kept in United States. That was the big talk
during this period and was a cause of a conflict which made
the southern Union want to separate from the rest of
America. Unioners were arguing that Slaves should be kept
because that was a big help for them in their jobs and without
them it would make a big impact.
Historical Appropriate Use of
Relevant Historical Evidence
The people used the idea that without slavery, it would affect
the agriculture of the Unioners. Without the help of slaves it
would weaken it and therefore would not be able to produce
as much as it use to do. Which made people think that having
slaves are a benefit.
Interpretation

The way this was explained was to make the reader

understand how everything went from the start of the
expansion and how did United States manage to expand their
territory. As well as why there was a disagreement between
the unioners and the government and explain what acts took
place after.
Synthesis
In this chapter it explain on how the expansion of the United
states led to there being a disagreement between keeping
slaves or not being allowed to have them at all.
Investigate the World

This presentation helped explain what happened during

1840-1861 as well as help clarify and explain the different
events that occured during that period.
Recognize Perspectives

There were many different perspectives that were explained

through this chapter. This made it able for to be understood
by the different people and their reason for why they did a
certain or followed different ideas.
Communicate Ideas

This powerpoint helped explain the different events that

occurred during the period of time. It allowed students to get
an understanding on how one event led to another and why
was the reason it happened.
Take Action

I took action because I was able to do my research on this

chapter and summaries it into a powerpoint and be able to
explain what it was all about. As well as learn more in depth on
what was the
Work Cited

Foner, Eric. Give Me Liberty!: An American History. New York

: W.W. Norton & Co, 2008. Print.