• textbook --> 424 - 432.
• AMSCO --> pp. 240 - 244.
• Heffner's doc. book --> pp. 134 - 146. [Calhoun on the Slavery Question].

1. List the four proposals that shaped the national debate on slavery by 1846.
2. What was the Wilmot Proviso?  What brought about its introduction?  What arguments were advanced in its favor?
3. What were the South's arguments against the Wilmot Proviso?  How did they differ from the arguments of the North?  Why did the Proviso fail to gain Congressional approval in 1846?
4. Identify the major candidates in the 1848 presidential election and explain their positions on the sectional issues facing the nation.
5. What problems faced Zachary Taylor when he took office?  How did he propose to solve them?  How did the South react to his programs?
6. List the major components of the Free-Soil Party platform.  What diverse views did it unite?  Why is it often connected to the origins of the modern Republican Party?
7. What were the major components of the Compromise of 1850?  How was it passed?  Why did it negate the Missouri Compromise?
8. Why did the Fugitive Slave Act deepen sectionalism in the United States?  How did northern urban black communities react to the Act?
9. Who were the younger politicians who emerged on the national political scene after 1850?  How did they differ from the leaders they replaced?
10. What was the family and religious background of Harriet Beecher Stowe?  How did her views on slavery reflect that background?
11. How did the North and the South react to Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin?  What was its impact on sectionalism?
12. Discuss the candidates, issues, and results of the election of 1852.
13. What was the Young America movement?  What national sentiment did it reflect?  What role did it play in the 1852 presidential election?

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:

• textbook --> pp. 432 - 442.
• AMSCO --> pp. 244 - 250.

1. Identify and explain the sectional impact of the two major foreign policy fiascoes of the Franklin Pierce administration.
2. How did the issue of the transcontinental railroad help to reopen the sectional controversy?
3. List the provisions of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and explain its impact on sectionalism.  What effect did it have on the Whigs?  on the Democrats?
4. What problems occurred in the attempt to organize a legitimate government in Kansas?
5. How did the proslavery and antislavery forces maneuver to gain control of the Kansas government?  How was it that Kansas became a battleground for sectional controversy and got the nickname "Bleeding Kansas?"
6. What transpired in the United States Senate during the Brooks-Sumner incident?
7. What was the impact of early 19c immigration on the emergence of the Know-Nothing Party?  What was the connection between this political party and the emerging Republican Party?
8. Who was Horace Greeley?  What was his contribution to the growth of the Republican Party?
9. Identify the major candidates and issues of the 1856 presidential election.  How did the results of the election reflect sectionalism's impact on the national political party system?
10. What were the origins of the Dred Scott case?  What issues were involved?  How did Chief Justice Taney rule on the case?  What was the impact of his decision on the nation's efforts to reach a compromise regarding the slavery issue?
11. What circumstances led to the drafting of the Lecompton Constitution?
12. How did the Panic of 1857 effect political division in America?  What did both the North and the South see as the significance of this economic decline?
13. Why did the Lincoln-Douglas debates take place?  Why did they draw so much attention?
14. How did Lincoln and Douglas differ on their solution to the question of slavery in the territories?  How was Douglas's stand reflected in the Freeport Doctrine?  What effect did this Doctrine have on Douglas's presidential aspirations?
15. How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates define the distinctions between the Democratic and Republican parties?

                         ASSIGNMENT 3:

• textbook --> pp. 442 - 456.
• AMSCO --> pp. 251 - 255.
• CD --> "For Lincoln and Liberty, Too!";  "Dixie".
• Heffner's doc. book --> pp. 172 - 180 [Lincoln's First Inaugural Address].

1. Create a CHART which illustrates how the North and South viewed each other and themselves.
2. What were the major differences between the North and the South on the eve of civil war?
3. What were the goals of John Brown's raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA?  How did the South react to this event?  Why is it considered to be a turning point in the South's road to secession?
4. Why did the Northern and Southern Democrats split in 1860?  What was the result of this division?
5. List the main points in the Republican Party platform of 1860.  To what specific political groups were the Republicans trying to appeal?  How did the party platform propose to appeal to them?
6. What was the Democratic Party platform of 1860?  Where was the bulk of support for the Party in the country?
7. Why did the 1860 presidential election lead to the immediate secession of the Lower South?
8. How did the federal government and the Republican Party respond to their secession?
9. Why were compromise efforts like the Crittenden Plan unsuccessful?
10. What was Lincoln trying to do in his first inaugural address?
11. What was Lincoln's position on the legality of secession?  How was his position reflected in the series of decisions that culminated in the Confederacy's firing on Fort Sumter?

DBQ:  AMSCO --> pp. 260 - 264