Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Thursday, May 11, 2017
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?
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 #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?
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?
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
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?
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?
Monday, May 8, 2017
Reading #4 Questions
After reading The Failure of Compromise Part II...
1. By which means was the slavery question answered in the Utah and New Mexico territories? Explain.
2. Why did the Compromise of 1850 (and the Missouri Compromise) ultimately fail to settle disputes between the North and South?
3. Which part of the Compromise of 1850 do you think the North found most unbearable? Why?
4. How did the policy of popular sovereignty in Kansas lead to violence?
1. By which means was the slavery question answered in the Utah and New Mexico territories? Explain.
2. Why did the Compromise of 1850 (and the Missouri Compromise) ultimately fail to settle disputes between the North and South?
3. Which part of the Compromise of 1850 do you think the North found most unbearable? Why?
4. How did the policy of popular sovereignty in Kansas lead to violence?
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Reading #3 Questions
A Founding Father on the Missouri Compromise, 1819
1. Did King believe that Missouri should be admitted as a slave state or a free state?
2. Why did Rufus King believe that the Tallmadge Amendment was legally legitimate?
Jefferson to John Holmes Regarding the Missouri Compromise
1. What did Jefferson believe would be the result of the Missouri Compromise?
1. Did King believe that Missouri should be admitted as a slave state or a free state?
2. Why did Rufus King believe that the Tallmadge Amendment was legally legitimate?
3. Based on this article, do you believe the founding fathers drafted the Constitution with the intention of someday abolishing slavery? Why?
Jefferson to John Holmes Regarding the Missouri Compromise
1. What did Jefferson believe would be the result of the Missouri Compromise?
2. Did Jefferson believe slavery was an evil institution and should be abolished?
3. Explain what Jefferson meant when he said “we have the wolf by the ear, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go”?
4. Did Jefferson believe that Missouri should enter the Union as a free state or a slave state? Why?
Monday, May 1, 2017
Reading #2: Questions
1. What was the major dispute between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South)?
2. Why did Southerners insist that slavery had to expand in order for it to survive?
3. Why did many Northerners insist that slavery should not expand?
4. Why do you think the Missouri Compromise plan will fail to settle the slavery issue?
2. Why did Southerners insist that slavery had to expand in order for it to survive?
3. Why did many Northerners insist that slavery should not expand?
4. Why do you think the Missouri Compromise plan will fail to settle the slavery issue?
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