Chapter 10 – Homework Primer
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Chapter 10.1 The Divisive Politics of Slavery
Pgs. 304 - 309
TERMS AND NAMES (define/explain): Wilmot Proviso, secession, Compromise of
1850, popular sovereignty, Stephen A. Douglas, Millard Fillmore
As you define/explain/respond do so based on the time period you are
reading about because names, events, etc. will/may show up in other times periods in
history.
READING OBJECTIVES/FOCUS of the Chapter Section:
1. Describe the growing differences between the North and South in their
economies and ways of life.
2. Explain why the Wilmot Proviso failed to pass and why the issue of California
statehood became so important.
3. Analyze how the efforts of Clay, Webster, and Douglas produced the
Compromise of 1850 and a temporary halt to talk of secession.
SIDE QUESTIONS AND SKILLBUILDERS:
1. List three ways in which the North and the South differed in the mid-1800s.
2. History Through Architecture pg. 305 Qs 1 & 2
3. Explain why Northerners favored the Wilmot Proviso and why Southerners did
not.
4. Why did California’s application for statehood cause an uproar?
5. What Northern issues and Southern issues were addressed by the Compromise
of 1850?
6. The Compromise of 1850 pg. 308 Skillbuilder Qs 1 & 2
7. What was the result of Douglas’s unbundling of Clay’s resolutions?
Critical Thinking:
Pg. 309 – Standardized Test Practice - Answer.
Chapter 10.2 Protest, Resistance, and Violence
Pgs. 310 - 317
TERMS AND NAMES (define/explain): Fugitive Slave Act, personal liberty laws,
Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin,
Kansas-Nebraska Act, John Brown, Bleeding Kansas
As you define/explain/respond do so based on the time period you are
reading about because names, events, etc. will/may show up in other times periods in
history.
READING OBJECTIVES/FOCUS of the Chapter Section:
1. Describe the provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law and how abolitionists and the
Underground Railroad succeeded in defying this law.
2. Explain how Douglas’s desire for a northern transcontinental railroad route
helped destroy the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
3. Describe the violence that occurred in Kansas in the fight over establishing
slavery in the territory.
SIDE QUESTIONS AND SKILLBUILDERS:
1. What effect did the Fugitive Slave Act have on abolitionist feelings in the
North?
2. How did the Underground Railroad operate?
3. Geography Skillbuilder pg. 313 Qs 1 & 2
4. Explain why popular sovereignty was so controversial.
5. Geography Skillbuilder pg. 314 Qs 1 & 2
6. Why did Kansas become a center of controversy over the issue of slavery?
7. Describe Northern and Southern reactions to the incident between Brooks and
Sumner.
Critical Thinking:
Pg. 317 - Question #3 Analyzing Effects. Answer/explain (show evidence) of
your choice.
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Chapter 10.3 The Birth of the Republican Party
Pgs. 318 - 321
TERMS AND NAMES (define/explain): Franklin Pierce, nativism, Know-Nothing
Party, Free-Soil Party, Republican Party, Horace Greeley, John C. Fremont, James
Buchanan
As you define/explain/respond do so based on the time period you are
reading about because names, events, etc. will/may show up in other times periods in
history.
READING OBJECTIVES/FOCUS of the Chapter Section:
1. Identify the political parties that emerged as the North and the South forged
new political alliances.
2. Explain the reasons that led voters to align with a particular party and why
Buchanan won the election of 1856.
SIDE QUESTIONS AND SKILLBUILDERS:
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What impact did the slavery issue have on the Democratic and Whig parties?
Skillbuilder pg. 320 Interpreting Charts
Why did most Free-Soilers object to slavery?
Why was the election of 1856 so important to the growth of the Republican
Party?
Critical Thinking:
Pg. 321 - question #3. Contrasting. Answer/explain evidence) of your choice.
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Chapter 10.4 Slavery and Secession
Pgs. 324 - 331
TERMS AND NAMES (define/explain): Dred Scott, Roger B. Taney, Abraham
Lincoln, Freeport Doctrine, Harpers Ferry, Confederacy, Jefferson Davis
As you define/explain/respond do so based on the time period you are
reading about because names, events, etc. will/may show up in other times periods in
history.
READING OBJECTIVES/FOCUS of the Chapter Section:
1. Explain the impact of the Dred Scott decision and the Lecompton Constitution on
the political crisis over slavery.
2. Explain why Douglas believed that popular sovereignty was the key to eliminating
slavery and why Lincoln believed Free-Soil legislation was required for voters to
remove slavery.
3. Describe the events at Harpers Ferry and their effect on the North and South.
4. Describe the events that led to Lincoln’s election and the establishment of the
Confederate States of America.
SIDE QUESTIONS AND SKILLBUILDERS:
1. What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?
2. Why did Buchanan support the Lecompton constitution?
3. Explain the similarities and differences between Lincoln’s position on slavery and
that of Douglas.
4. History Through Art pg. 328 Skillbuilder Qs 1 & 2
5. Why did Harpers Ferry increase tensions between the North and the South?
6. How did slavery affect U.S. political parties in 1860?
7. Analyzing Political Cartoons pg. 329 Skillbuilder Qs 1 & 2
8. Geography Skillbuilder pg. 330 Election of 1860
9. How did Lincoln’s election affect the South?
Critical Thinking:
Pg. 331 - question #4. Evaluating. Answer/explain evidence) of your choice.
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