U.S. History Chapter 3 Section 1 Guided Reading
1. What was the suggestion offered by the Wilmot Proviso? How did it affect tension and political
parties in the U.S.?
2. How did the issues of popular sovereignty and the Compromise of 1850 relate to each other? In what
ways did the Fugitive Slave Act violate the policy of popular sovereignty?
3. What was the response by Northerners to the Fugitive Slave Act? Was it simply disobeying the
provisions of the Act or did others participate in other ways? (HBS)
4. What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act and why did it lead to such violence in the territories?
5. What was the role of John Brown in “Bleeding Kansas”?
6. How was the Republican Party born out of the slavery issue?
7. The Dredd Scott Decision
a. Who was he:
b. Argument for Freedom:
c. Court’s Ruling:
d. Other rulings made by the Supreme Court besides Freedom:
8. What came out of the Lincoln vs. Douglas Debates? What was Douglas’ argument for popular
sovereignty?
9. What happened to John Brown’s revolt and himself? How did Northerners feel about him?
Southerners?
U.S. History Chapter 3 Section 2 Guided Reading
1. What were the views of Jefferson Davis and other southerners concerning Northern states
infringement (violation) of their rights?
2. Candidates… a lot of information. Who was elected and how were the different (political platforms) ?
a. Democrats
1. North:
2. South:
b. Whigs:
c. Republicans:
-Were you surprised by anything you read about any of the parties?
3. So, Lincoln wins the election… why was the South so upset, their reasoning if you will? Can you
think of why Lincoln would win the election so easily?
4. When the Confederate States of America was formed, how did their “Constitution” differ from the
United States of America Constitution?
5. What was John Crittendon’s Compromise? Why do you think it failed? Epic…
6. What was Lincoln’s view on slavery?
7. Describe the situation at Fort Sumter. Why was it important, what happened during the incident, what
was its outcome? Draw a flowing picture…. Make a flip book!
8. Predictions for the war from both sides:
U.S. History Chapter 3 Section 3 Guided Reading
1. Advantages of the North:
Advantage of the South:
Which do you think were more meaningful? Why?
2. South’s strategy to win:
Noth’s strategy to win:
3. What contributed to additional deaths during the war? Draw a picture…
4. Why didn’t Lincoln make his primary cause for war about slavery? What did the Emancipation
Proclamation do and not do?
5. You’ve watched Glory, so you know African Americans served in large numbers during the War…
skip to #6.
6. Something was instituted when Union volunteers started to slump. And then certain people did
something else. So Lincoln responded by doing this. I’d say make a little comic sketch of those things,
flow boxes with pictures, name my rioter. Or you can just be boring and answer the question, I suppose.
7. What types of problems did the South face during the war?
8. In what way was the Anaconda Plan successful?
9. The Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address are important parts of American history. Tell
me one line from the address, and tell me why Gettysburg was so important to the North.
10. Some of the lasting impacts of the Civil War? Total War, death tolls, etc. (Ramachandran’s Mirror
Box)
U.S. History Chapter 3 Section 4 Guided Reading
1. Reconstruction. Know what it means. Did the Freedman’s Bureau help or hurt the Reconstruction
process? In what ways?
2. Describe the situation around Andrew Johnson, the 13th Amendment, Radical Republicans, and lastly
impeachment. Picture it if you wish… choose someone famous to play the role of Andrew Johnson.
3. 14th Amendment:
15th Amendment:
4. What migration patterns did African Americans follow after the Civil War? Draw it as an actual
migration of the U.S. if you want.
5. Main goals of the KKK? Were they successful?
6. So in the mid 1860’s and after, what political party does the South vote for? Why do they hate the
other one so much? Strange because today… well… nevermind.
7. When Hayes won election, they say Reconstruction ended… Haye, Reconstruction’s over ‘n done!
See what I did? See it? Huh?
8. De Jure segregation means what? What is de facto segregation? (you’ll have to look it up on line)
9. Is Evansville segregated?