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Bloody Monday DBQ

What caused Louisville's Bloody Monday riot in 1855?

What caused Louisville's Bloody Monday riot in 1855? Students weigh the Know-Nothing platform, inflammatory newspaper editorials, eyewitness accounts, a bishop's perspective, and population data to explain one of Kentucky's darkest election days.

Grade 8Kentucky HistoryGoogle Slides4 class periodsComing soon

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What's included

  • Teacher presentation (17 slides) with speaker notes
  • Full DBQ packet (34 pages) with documents, organizers, writing task, rubric and answer key
  • Scaffolded version (19 pages)

The documents

  • The American Party Platform
  • The Power of the Press
  • A City in Flames
  • A Bishop's Perspective
  • Louisville Population Data
  • The Aftermath and Exodus

Good to know

Class time
4 class periods
Format
Editable Google Slides
Answer key
Included

Standards: KAS Grade 8: 8.C.RR.2, 8.G.MM.1, 8.H.CH.3, 8.H.KH.2, 8.I.Q, 8.I.UE, 8.I.CC