Chapter 10 Assignments, IDs and Note-Taking Bullets
“A Nation Dividing”
Section 1 -what were the impacts of H.B. Stowe’s Uncle
Tom’s Cabin in the North and South
-analyze and summarize chart on p. 350, with special
emphasis on the last 3 categories (manufacturing, population
and RR mileage + telegraph advantage belonged to what
region?)
Section 2- All Terms + write Graphic Organizer on p. 354 in
notes + IDs: John Tyler, James K. Polk, Santa Anna,
Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott, Bear Flag Republic
-how did John Tyler annex Texas? why did it take almost 10
years for TX to become state? -how did Mexico react to the
annexation of TX?
-overview of War with Mexico: how long, fought in what 3
places, types of fighting, what killed most American troops
that died?
-impacts of Mexican Cession and Wilmot Proviso
Section 3- All Terms + IDs: MO Compromise (remember
it?), Free-Soil Party, election of 1848, Zachary Taylor, John
C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Stephen A.
Douglas, election of 1852, Franklin Pierce, Know-Nothing
Party (nativists), Republican Party
-southern expectations for CA (MO Compromise)
-what 2 (of 5) provisions of the Compromise of 1850 were
most controversial? How did Stephen A. Douglas get it
passed, and what were his goals when he proposed the KSNE Act, and how did he get it passed?
-how/why was the Republican Party created in 1854 and
what types of people joined the party?
Section 4- All Terms + Graphic Organizer on p. 363 +
“Effects of Dred Scot” chart p. 365, IDs: Topeka, KS v.
Lecompton, KS, = “Bleeding Kansas”, “Bleeding Sumner”,
election of 1856, James Buchanan, Roger Taney, Lecompton
Constitution, Abraham Lincoln, “House Divided” Speech,
John Brown, Harper’s Ferry raid
-what were some of the highlights of the Lincoln-Douglas
Debates?
-how was John Brown (and his actions) viewed differently in
the North and the South?
Section 5- All Terms + analyze maps on pp. 369 and 373 +
IDs: election of 1860, Crittenden Compromise, Jefferson
Davis
-what led up to the shots fired at Fort Sumter that started
the Civil War?