Slavery Lesson Plan | Slavery: No Freedom, No Rights | iCivics - Free Printable

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Section G: Trading Places

The scenario describes a white person in the 1850s South being told they can't read, must obey everything, and could be sold away from family. Let me match each experience to what it would mean for an enslaved person:

1. "Inability to read or write" → This matches with Literacy laws (laws that made it illegal for enslaved people to learn to read)

2. "Only having one outfit" → This matches with Clothes field (enslaved people typically received minimal clothing, often just basic work clothes)

3. "Trauma from past experiences" → This matches with Class field (the psychological trauma from being treated as property)

4. "Skin color" → This matches with Happiness for the future - Wait, let me reconsider. Looking at the options more carefully...

Let me re-read the right column options:
- Literacy laws
- Bad health or poor conditions
- Class field
- Happiness for the future
- Bare feet, no shoes
- Pain of being sold away from family

Now matching more carefully:

1. "Inability to read or write" → Literacy laws ✓

2. "Only having one outfit" → Bad health or poor conditions (poor living conditions)

3. "Trauma from past experiences" → Class field (referring to social class/position)

4. "Skin color" → This is about racial identity determining status → likely connects to Class field or system of slavery based on race

5. "Slavery in the Constitution" → This refers to legal framework

6. "Clothes that don't fit right" → Bare feet, no shoes (inadequate clothing)

7. "Heart ache in the fields" → Pain of being sold away from family

8. "Dreams crushed" → Could relate to loss of hope/future

Let me look at section H more carefully. The question asks which cause will have a small but lasting effect.

Looking at the causes listed:
1. Enslaved people did not have the right to a fair trial
2. Enslaved people were not protected by the laws that protected citizens
3. Enslaved people were considered property
4. People were afraid that enslaved people could run away or rebel
5. The enslaved population was growing rapidly
6. Enslaved people could not "marry," but had families anyway
7. Most of the U.S. was free, but slavery was legal in some states

For effects:
A. Some states passed laws to make it difficult for enslaved people to escape
B. Husband, wives, and families could be broken up and sold to different owners
C. The enslaved population could not be sentenced with little or no evidence
D. The enslaved population could not marry legally, but could still have families
E. Owners could treat enslaved people any way they wanted without punishment

Matching causes to effects:
- Cause 1 (no fair trial) → Effect C (sentenced with little/no evidence)
- Cause 2 (not protected by laws) → Effect E (owners could treat them any way)
- Cause 3 (considered property) → Effect B (families broken up/sold)
- Cause 4 (afraid of running away/rebellion) → Effect A (laws to prevent escape)
- Cause 6 (couldn't marry but had families) → Effect D (couldn't marry legally but still had families)

Question H: Which cause will have a small but lasting effect?

Looking at the options, Cause 6 ("Enslaved people could not 'marry,' but had families anyway") would have lasting effects because even though marriages weren't legally recognized, the family bonds created would persist and affect generations, even after emancipation.

Section I: Map Timeline

Looking at the timeline:
- 1619: First Africans arrive in Virginia
- 1777: Vermont becomes first state to ban slavery
- 1783: Massachusetts Supreme Court declares slavery unconstitutional
- 1787: Congress passes Northwest Ordinance banning slavery in new territories
- 1793: Fugitive Slave Act
- 1803: Louisiana Purchase adds slave territory
- 1804: Northern states abolish slavery
- 1808: International slave trade banned
- 1820: Missouri Compromise
- 1831: Nat Turner's Rebellion
- 1833: American Anti-Slavery Society founded
- 1850: Fugitive Slave Act strengthened
- 1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin published
- 1857: Dred Scott decision
- 1860: Lincoln elected
- 1861: Civil War begins
- 1863: Emancipation Proclamation
- 1865: 13th Amendment abolishes slavery

Question 1: Look at the map. In what year was the 13th Amendment ratified?

Answer: 1865

Question 2: What happened in 1850?

Answer: Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened/passed

Question 3: What event started the Civil War?

Answer: While the map shows 1861 as when the Civil War began, the actual trigger was Southern states seceding after Lincoln's election in 1860. The war itself started in 1861.

Final Answer:

Section G matches:
1. Inability to read or write → Literacy laws
2. Only having one outfit → Bad health or poor conditions
3. Trauma from past experiences → Class field
4. Skin color → (part of the system creating these conditions)
5. Slavery in the Constitution → (legal framework)
6. Clothes that don't fit right → Bare feet, no shoes
7. Heart ache in the fields → Pain of being sold away from family
8. Dreams crushed → (loss of hope/future)

Section H:
- Cause 1 → Effect C
- Cause 2 → Effect E
- Cause 3 → Effect B
- Cause 4 → Effect A
- Cause 6 → Effect D

Which cause has a small but lasting effect? Cause 6 (Enslaved people could not "marry," but had families anyway) - because family bonds persisted despite lack of legal recognition

Section I:
1. 1865
2. Fugitive Slave Act
3. 1861 (Civil War began)