Study Guide – Unit One: Sectionalism and
Slavery
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Date Due |
Assignment |
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Mon.,
Nov. 26 |
1. Read John C. Calhoun’s speech, “Slavery is a
Positive Good.” Take detailed margin
notes summarizing his points as he makes them. 2. Read your assigned documents and write summary
of each document’s view of the South.
What can we learn about the attitudes of the North and South towards
each other from these documents? |
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Tues.,
Nov. 27 |
1. Read p. 47 – 64 (top of page) 2. Answer reading questions 1 – 3. 3. Be prepared to argue your assigned political
position in class. |
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Weds.,
Nov. 28 |
1)
Read p. 64 – 77 taking detailed notes on the arguments revolving around the
passage of the Compromise of 1850 2) Read your assigned excerpts from the debates –
Analyze and summarize in a paragraph or in bullet points the arguments that
your assigned person made. Be prepared
to argue that man’s position in class on Wednesday. |
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Fri.,
Nov. 30 |
1. Answer p. 78 – 96. 2. Answer the reading
questions 4 - 13 |
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Mon.,
Dec. 3 |
1. Read p. 96 – 116 2. Answer reading questions 14 - 19 |
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Tues.,
Dec. 4 |
1.
Read p. 117 – 130 2. Answer questions 16 – 23 |
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Weds.,
Dec. 5 |
1. Read p. 130 – 144 2.
Answer questions 24 - 26 |
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Thurs.,
Dec. 6 |
Read
your assigned section of the book and take careful notes on the material. On Wednesday, bring your book to
class. You will be preparing a “news
broadcast” to teach the rest of the class about what happened in your
section. 1.
Events in 2.
Election of 1856: p. 153 – 162: 3.
Controversy surrounding the Lecompton constitution: p. 162 – 169 |
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Fri.,
Dec. 7 |
Start
reviewing for the test |
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Mon.,
Dec. 10 |
Study
for the test |
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Tues., Dec. 11 |
Test |
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Weds.,
Dec. 12 |
Work
on review game project. Bring the appropriate book and notes to class to help
your prepare. |
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Thurs.,
Dec. 13 |
Review
Games for Revolution Units 1 and 2 |
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Fri.,
Dec. 14 |
Review
Games for Revolution Unit 3 |
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Mon.,
Dec. 17 |
Review
Game on Unit 4 of the Revolution and Unit 1 of the Civil War |
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Tues., Dec. 18 |
Midterm |
Questions
and Themes for Unit One: Sectionalism and Slavery
q What
factors divided the North and the South at the mid-century point?
q What
factors united the North and South at the mid-century point?
q How did
Northerners and Southerners view each other?
q Be able
to describe the country economically at the mid-century
q How were
Whigs and Republicans different from Democrats?
q How did
slavery affect the family?
q What was
the effect of Manifest Destiny on Americans from both regions?
q What are
the stereotypes of the antebellum North and South and how accurate are those
stereotypes?
q What was
the attitude of the Founding Fathers towards slavery? To abolition? To black citizenship?
q How did
the Whigs and Democrats differ on the Mexican War and the idea of “Manifest
Destiny?”
q What is
the significance of the Wilmot Proviso?
q What
efforts did the South take to force the North to enforce the Fugitive Slave
laws and Northern efforts to block those efforts
q What are
the causes of the lack of southern industrialization?
q What was
the impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
q What
efforts did Southerners take to expand the slave states into Latin America and
what were the political effects of those efforts?
q What was
the political maneuvering that went on to pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act? What was the political impact of that bill?
q What
arguments did Abraham Lincoln make in his 1854 Peoria speech?
q Explain
the rise of nativism and the interaction between nativist sentiments and the
political parties
q Trace the
developments in the political parties during this period
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What happened in the first
elections in Kansas?
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What did each side do to
exacerbate tensions and lead to “Bleeding Kansas?”
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What does the “Bleeding
Sumner” incident show about tensions over slavery?
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How did the Republican
Party consolidate its coalition in 1856?
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What were the platforms of
the Republican and Democratic Parties in 1856?
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What arguments and
rhetoric did each side use in the election of 1856 and why did Buchanan win?
q
What was the Lecompton
Constitution and what was its political importance?
Identifications
These
are terms, people, and events that you should be familiar with by the end of
this unit.
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1. |
Zachary Taylor |
34. |
Compromise
of 1850 debate |
67. |
Efforts
to acquire Cuba |
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2. |
Second Great Awakening |
35. |
Webster’s
Speech in 1850 |
68. |
Ostend
Manifesto |
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3. |
Whigs
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36. |
Seward’s
Higher Law speech |
69. |
William
Walker’s filibustering |
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4. |
Republicans |
37. |
Nashville
Convention
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70. |
Winfield
Scott |
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5. |
Butternuts |
38. |
Taylor’s
death |
71. |
Election
of 1852 |
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6. |
William
Henry Seward |
39. |
Millard
Fillmore |
72. |
Anthony
Burns |
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7. |
Peculiar
institution |
40. |
Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842) |
73. |
Lincoln’s Peoria
Speech
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8. |
Southern
Exceptionalism |
41. |
Personal
liberty laws |
74. |
Congressional
Elections of 1854 |
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9. |
Mexican
War |
42. |
Underground
Railroad |
75. |
Free-Soilers |
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10. |
James
K. Polk |
43. |
Fugitive
Slave Law of 1850 |
76. |
Know-Nothings |
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11. |
Manifest
Destiny |
44. |
The
story of William and Ellen Craft |
77. |
Lyman
Trumbull |
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12. |
John
C. Fremont |
45. |
“Higher
Law” Doctrine |
78. |
Nativism |
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13. |
Oregon |
46. |
The story of
Shadrach
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79. |
Temperance
movement |
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14. |
Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
47. |
The
story of Thomas Sims |
80. |
Know-Nothing
party |
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15. |
Wilmot
Proviso |
48. |
Vigilance
Committees |
81. |
Amos Lawrence |
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16. |
Free
Soil Party |
49. |
Frederick
Douglass |
82. |
New England Emigrant Aid
Company |
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17. |
John
C. Calhoun |
50. |
The
Battle of Christiana |
83. |
Sen. David Atchison
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18. |
Missouri
Compromise |
51. |
Southern
unionists |
84. |
“The
Sack of Lawrence” |
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19. |
Lewis
Cass |
52. |
Southern
Rights Democrats |
85. |
Lecompton
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20. |
John
J. Crittenden |
53. |
Constitutional
Union parties |
86. |
Sen.
Charles Sumner |
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21. |
Alexander
Stephens |
54. |
Secessionist
sentiment of 1851 |
87. |
“The
Crime Against Kansas” speech |
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22. |
Charles
Sumner |
55. |
Northern
Whigs |
88. |
Sen.
Andrew P. Butler |
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23. |
Martin
Van Buren |
56. |
Thaddeus
Stevens |
89. |
Rep.
Preston Brooks |
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24. |
Barnburners
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57. |
Benjamin
Wade |
90. |
“Bleeding
Sumner |
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25. |
Election of 1848
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58. |
The
story of Jerry |
91. |
John
Brown |
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26. |
Salmon P. Chase
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59. |
Harriet
Beecher Stowe |
92. |
Pottawatomie
Creek Massacre |
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27. |
Gold
Rush |
60. |
Uncle
Tom’s Cabin |
93. |
John C. Fremont |
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28. |
Howell Cobb and
the fight for Speaker in 1849
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61. |
Filibusters |
94. |
Thomas Hart Benton |
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29. |
Henry Clay
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62. |
Narciso Lopez’s filibustering efforts |
95. |
James Buchanan |
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30. |
Daniel
Webster |
63. |
“Young
Americans” of the Democratic Party |
96. |
Gov. John W. Geary |
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31. |
Stephen
Douglas |
64. |
Franklin Pierce
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97. |
Lecompton Convention and Constitution |
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32. |
Jefferson
Davis |
65. |
Gadsden
Purchase |
98. |
Gov. Robert J. Walker |
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33. |
Clay’s
Compromise resolutions |
66. |
Governor
John Quitman of MS |
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