Reading #4 Failure of Compromise Part II

The Failure of Compromise Part II by buddylembeck

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?

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?

Reading #3: Thomas Jefferson on the Missouri Compromise

Jefferson to John Holmes Regarding the Missouri Compromise by buddylembeck

Reading #3: Rufus King on the Missouri Compromise

(Civil War) a Founding Father on the Missouri Compromise by buddylembeck

Chapter 21 Notes

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?

Reading # 2: The Failure of Compromise

The Failure of Compromise Part I by buddylembeck