NAME: DATE: Assignment #
Chapter 14: The Nation Divided
Section 1: Growing Tensions Over Slavery: Focus Question: How did the question of admission of new states to the Union fuel the debate over slavery and states’ rights?
1. Looking back to Chapter 11, pages 404 and 405, what was stated in the Missouri Compromise?
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2. What year was the Missouri Compromise put into practice? Who was the person who pushed for the compromise?
3. What did the Missouri Compromise show? (HINT: What kind of rivalry was going on?)
4. Going back into Chapter 14, Section 1, what was the Wilmot Proviso? Who was the person who proposed the Wilmot Proviso? Did it ever become a law? 5. Define the term Popular Sovereignty:
6. What was the new political party that begins to take shape? Why was it formed?
7. Look at the picture on page 483, “The election of 1848” and answer the following questions.
A. How does the cartoon relate to the Election of 1848?
B. In the cartoon bubble (top right), what are the meanings of “Free Soil” and “Davy Wilmot”?
8. Define the term Secede:
9. Define the term fugitives:
10.How did California’s proposed admission to the union affect the debate between the North and the South over slavery?
11.Look at page 484, “Calhoun Versus Webster” and answer the following questions. A. For what region does Daniel Webster claim to be speaking?
B. Calhoun says, “ [If] something is not done to arrest it, the South will be forced to choose between abolition and session.” To what does “it” refer? Section 2: Compromises Fail: Focus Question: What was the Compromise of 1850 and why did it fail?
12.What was the Compromise of 1850?
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13.What President refused to sign the Compromise of 1850 into law? What President did signed it into law?
14.What items of the Compromise of 1850 were added to please the North?
15.What items of the compromise of 1850 were added to please the South?
16.Why was the North outraged over the Fugitive Slave Act?
17.Look at the picture on page 487, what details show the attitude of Bostonians to the return of Burn’s and Sims?
18.Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Why was it written? What impact did it have? 19.Look at the Picture on page 488. You are a Northerner during the 1850’s. A fugitive comes to your door seeking help. Will you help her? List the costs and benefits of helping the person.
20.Who fought the get the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?
21.What did the Kansas- Nebraska Act state? Who was responsible for the Act?
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22.Which side, the North or the South, was outraged over the Kansas Nebraska Act? Explain why.
23.Look at the Map on page 489. Which areas did the Kansas-Nebraska Act open up to slavery? What happened to the Missouri Compromise after 1854?
24.How did Stephen Douglas plan to undo the Missouri Compromise?
25.What was “Bleeding Kansas”?
26.Who was John Brown? Section 3: The Crisis Deepens: Focus Question: Why did the Lincoln-Douglas debates and John Brown’s raid increase tensions between the North and the South?
27.What happened to the Whig party in 1854? What new political party develops? What was the goal of this new political party?
28.On what grounds did Dred Scott sue for his freedom in court? What was the outcome of the Dred Scott decision? How did it affect the country?
29.What were the Lincoln-Douglas Debates? Why do you think the debates received national attention?
30.How did Abraham Lincoln’s opinions differ from those of Stephen Douglas on slavery?
31.What was John Brown’s goal in launching the raid on Harper’s Ferry?
Section 4: The Coming of the Civil War: Focus Question: Why did the election of Abraham Lincoln spark secession of the Southern states?
32.Who were the presidential candidates in the Election of 1860? Who won the Election? 33.Look at the map on page 500 “Election of 1860”. What do the four colors on the map stand for? Which party won nearly all the northern states? Which party won nearly all the Southern states?
34.How does the map show that sectionalism was important in the election?
35.Why did the Southern states secede from the Union? What southern state was the first to secede?
36.How did Lincoln try to reassure the South after the Election of 1860?
37.Look at page 502 “Attack on Fort Sumter”. What was the cause of the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter? What were the effects?
37. Why was Lincoln reluctant to give up Fort Sumter?
38.What was another name for the Civil War?
39.What was the South called during the Civil War? What was the North called during the Civil War?