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Unit7GRQsPart1

Chapter17:TowardsCivilWar

Lesson1TheSearchforCompromise
1. WhatwasthepurposeoftheMissouriCompromise?

2. HowdidtheWilmotProvisoandJohnC.Calhounsproposaldifferoverthe
topicofslaveryintheMexicanCession?

3. WhatwastheplatformfortheFreeSoilParty?

4. WhatmadeCaliforniasadmissionasastatecontroversial?

5. WhatweretheprovisionsoftheCompromiseof1850asproposedbyHenry
Clay?

6. HowdidStephenDouglaspersuadeCongresstopasstheCompromiseof
1850?

7. WhydidsomeNorthernersdefytheFugitiveSlaveAct?

8. WhatweretheprovisionsoftheKansasNebraskaAct?

9. WhywereNorthernersopposedtotheideaofpopularsovereignty?

10. HowwasBleedingKansasrelatedtothedisputeoverthewestward
expansionofslavery?

Lesson2ChallengestoSlavery
1. WhatissueledtotheformationoftheRepublicanParty,andwhatstanddid
thepartytakeontheissue?

2. Howdidthepresidentialelectionof1856reflectagrowingsectionaldivide
intheU.S.?

3. WhydidDredScottbelieveheshouldbeafreeman?WhydidtheSupreme
CourtruleagainstDredScott?

4. Howdidthe
DredScott
decisionaffecttheMissouriCompromise?

5. Howdidreactionstothe
DredScott
decisionincreasesectionaltension?

6. WhatpositionsdidLincolnandDouglastakeintheirdebates?

7. WhateffectdidthedebateshaveonLincolnspoliticalcareer?

8. HowdidJohnBrownsattackonHarpersFerryincreasetensionsbetween
theNorthandtheSouth?

Lesson3SecessionandWar
1. Whowerethecandidatesinthe1860presidentialelectionandwhatpolicies
dideachcandidatestandfor?

2. WhatissuedividedtheDemocraticPartyintheelectionof1860?Howdid
thisdivisionbenefitLincoln?

3. WhatdidSouthCarolinadoafterLincolnwontheelectionof1860?Why?

4. WhatcompromisedidJohnCrittendenproposetoavoidsecession?Whydid
bothNorthernersandSouthernersrejectthecompromise?

5. HowdidtheSouthernstatesthatsecededjustifyleavingtheUnion?

6. HowdidLincolnreacttosecessioninhisFirstInauguralAddress?

7. WhydoestheattackonFortSumtermarkthebeginningoftheCivilWar?

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