Oklahoma Social Studies 8.C.11.1

8.C.11.1 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 8.C.11.1.A

  Describe the series of measures proposed by Senator Henry Clay to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union, including a strengthened Fugitive Slave Act and ...

• 8.C.11.1.B

  Explain why the Compromise of 1850 may have succeeded as a temporary solution but proved that compromise could not offer a permanent solution to the issue of sl...

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What Students Need to Do

Students identify Clay's proposals, including California's admission as a free state, a stronger Fugitive Slave Act, and local decisions about slavery in western territories. They explain what each side hoped to gain and why the deal delayed a breakup without settling slavery.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can explain why California's admission appealed to Northern leaders and the fugitive law appealed to Southern leaders. They can explain how resistance to the law and future decisions in western territories kept the conflict alive.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may think popular sovereignty meant a nationwide vote rather than decisions in western territories. They may think ending the slave trade in Washington, D.C., ended slavery there. Some assume the fugitive law applied only in slave states, though it required returns from free states too.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Name one measure meant to satisfy each side. Then explain why the deal could not end the conflict over slavery.

1. 01

   Give pairs cards for California statehood, the fugitive law, and territorial decisions; have them sort each by who gained and what remained unsettled.

2. 02

   Have students write two sentences naming one measure that bought time and one that deepened conflict, with evidence for each.

3. 03

   Run a partner matching game with measure cards and consequence cards, such as fugitive law and Northern resistance; have partners explain each match.

4. 04

   Give students a short news paragraph about a budget deal; ask what it settled, what it postponed, and why slavery's stakes were different.

• 8.C.7.5

  Analyze congress’ attempt to balance sectional interests and political power, by describing the impact of the Missouri Compromise on the expansion of slavery, b...

• 8.C.11.2.B

  Examine why the North opposed the possibility that northern territories such as Kansas and Nebraska might adopt slavery, which had been prevented by the Missour...

• 8.C.3.2.D

  Explain how the Three-Fifths Compromise over congressional representation and the Fugitive Slave Clause avoided the slavery issue and maintained the institution...