Ch 19 Notes

Reading #7 Questions

After reading A Proposed 13th Amendment to Prevent Secession, 1861...

1. Why can it be said that the proposed Thirteenth Amendment in 1861 was a last-ditch attempt to prevent the nation from splitting apart?  Cite specific examples to support your answer.

2. How can you explain the fact that the first Thirteenth Amendment specifically avoids any mention of the "slave" or "slavery"?

3. Consider the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, the Crittenden Compromise, the Dred Scott Decision, the proposed Thirteenth Amendment, and the results of each, and answer the following question in a paragraph: Can legislative compromises solve moral problems?

Reading #7: A Proposed 13th Amendment To prevent Secession, 1861

A Proposed Thirteenth Amendment to Prevent Secession by buddylembeck

Reading #6 Questions

Document A: 

1. John Brown delivered this speech on the last day of his trial, after hearing the jury pronounce him ‘guilty.’ He knew he would be sentenced to die. Given that context, what does this speech say about him as a person?

2. Based on this document, do you think John Brown was a “misguided fanatic”? Why or why not?

Document B: 

1. What are two reasons why Douglass opposed John Brown’s plan to raid Harper’s Ferry?

2. Douglass’s account is written in 1881, twenty-two years after the raid. Do you trust his account? Why or why not?

3. Based on this document, do you think John Brown was a “misguided fanatic”? Why or why not?

Reading #6: John Brown

JohnBrown SHEG by buddylembeck on Scribd

Reading #5 Questions

After reading The Failure of Compromise Part III...

1. What were the two major decisions that were made in the Dred Scott case?

2. Why did South Carolina secede?

3. Describe the Crittenden Compromise.

4. Why was Lincoln opposed to the Crittenden Compromise?

5. Why did Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas finally secede?

Reading #5: Failure of Compromise Part 3

The Failure of Compromise Part III by buddylembeck