21.2 Confronting the Issue of Slavery
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Reading Guide: A Dividing Nation
PS1 Describe how responsibilities are shared and limited by the Constitution and judicial court cases.
PS4 Describe roles and influences of individuals, groups and media in shaping public policy
H6: Describe the way the Constitution has changed over time as a result of amendments and Supreme Court
decisions.
1. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 banned slavery north of _______________________.
a. What states joined that lay north of this point?
b. What states joined that lay south of this point?
2. What was the unspoken agreement that Congress has when admitting states to the Union?
3. Why was it important to Southerners to keep an equal number of senators from free states and slave states in
Congress?
4. What was the Tallmadge Amendment?
a. What was the North’s opinion of the amendment?
b. What was the South’s opinion of the amendment?
c. Was the Tallmadge Amendment passed through Congress? Explain.
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Reading Guide: A Dividing Nation
21.3: The Missouri Compromise
PS4 Describe roles and influences of individuals, groups and media in shaping public policy
H6: Describe the way the Constitution has changed over time as a result of amendments and Supreme Court
decisions.
1. What does ‘secession’ mean? Why were states like Georgia threatening this?
2.
What are the two main parts of The Missouri Compromise?
21.4: The Missouri Compromise Unravels
1. What is the Second Great Awakening? How did this fuel the fire of slavery?
2. What events were happening in the South that raised their fears?
3. Who is Nat Turner and what did he do?
Meanwhile….there was a war going on with Mexico….
4. What is the Wilmot Proviso?
5. What new issue did the proviso open up?
6.
What’s the issue with California?
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21.5: The Compromise of 1850
Reading Guide: A Dividing Nation
PS4 Describe roles and influences of individuals, groups and media in shaping public policy
H2: Make inferences about/compare historical events using historical sources
1. What are the four parts of The Compromise of 1850 as proposed by ____________________________?
2. How long did it take for The Compromise of 1850 to pass? ________________ What does this say about the
state of the Union?
21.6: The Compromise Satisfies No One
PS4 Describe roles and influences of individuals, groups and media in shaping public policy
CSS3: Explain how social institutions contribute to the development and transmission of culture.
List two key details to describe each event in the chart. Also explain how each event pulled the
nation apart.
Events after the
Compromise of
1850
Fugitive Slave
Act
Uncle Tom’s
Cabin
KansasNebraska Act
Raid on
Lawrence,
Kansas
Beating of
Senator
Sumner
Two Key Details (bulleted list)
How did this even pull the nation apart?
(full sentence)
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Reading Guide: A Dividing Nation
21.8: From Compromise to Crisis: Read and answer the following questions.
1. What political party formed during this time period and what did they stand for?
2. Who was Lincoln’s opponent in the Illinois senate race? _____________________ Did Lincoln win? ___
3. What did Lincoln believe was “the real issue in this controversy…” _______________
4. Why does he believe this?
5. What is an arsenal?
6. Who is John Brown? What did he do? Was he successful?
7. What impact did the raid have on the Union, North and South?
21.9: The Election of 1860 and Secession
1. Fill in the candidates of the Election of 1860:
Republican Nominee
Northern Democrats
Southern Democrats
Constitutional Union Party
2. Knowing what we talked about on Tuesday with the senate race in Louisiana, who won this election and why?
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3. What did Southerners think would happen after the election of Lincoln?
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4. What does secession mean?
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5. What happened in Springfield, IL that scared Southerners?
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6. What happened in Charleston, SC that other states followed?
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7. What did the southern states change their name to? ____________________________________
8. War begins…what event sparked the beginning of the United States Civil War?
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