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Unit 7 Grqs Part 1 Pre-Ap
Unit 7 Grqs Part 1 Pre-Ap
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?