Test: Antebellum (1846-1860)
Test:
Included on this Test:
Chapter 10 sections 1, 2, 3, 4 (READ!!)
Lectures/Notes: AIM: What was the importance of Compromise of 1850?
AIM: How did resistance and protest against slavery move forward?
AIM: How did the Republican Party Emerge?
AIM: Why was “Kansas Bleeding”?
AIM: Why did John Brown raid a federal arsenal?
AIM: What events led to Southern Secession?
ALL WORKSHEETS/HANDOUTS
Key People, Terms and Themes
Wilmot Proviso
Henry Clay’s Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Personal Liberty Laws
Calhoun/Webster Debate
Stephen Douglas/Omnibus Bill
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Underground Railroad
Sen. Stephen Douglas’ Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular sovereignty
“Bleeding Kansas”
John Brown involvement in Kansas
Sack of Lawrence
Pottawatomie Massacre
“border ruffians”
“jayhawkers”
Brooks-Sumner Incident
Lincoln/Douglas Debates
Freeport Doctrine
Importance of the Election of 1856
James Buchanan
New Political Parties
Republican Party
Free-Soilers
“Know Nothing” Party and Nativism
Justice Roger Taney’s Dred Scott Decision
The Lecompton Constitution
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
Election of 1860
Crittendon Compromise
Southern secession
Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Essay
1. Analyze how the North and the South, from 1820 to 1860, differed bitterly in regard to each of the following: (a) westward expansion, (b) states’ rights theory of government (c) Dred Scott Decision. USE SPECIFIC EVIDENCE
2. Although the Compromise of 1850 postponed secession and civil war for 10 years, it also contributed to bitter feelings in each section (North & South) toward the other. Discuss three (3) events that were unintended results of this compromise? USE SPECIFIC EVIDENCE
NAME:______PER:_____ DATE:______
Answer the following essay in outline form below:
Analyze how the North and the South, from 1820 to 1860, differed bitterly in regard to each of the following: (a) westward expansion, (b) states’ rights theory of government (c) Dred Scott Decision. USE SPECIFIC EVIDENCE
Introduction: This should include your thesis statement with each argument.
I: Westward expansion
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II. States’ rights theory of government
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b.
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III. Dred Scott Decision
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b.
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1. Although the Compromise of 1850 postponed secession and civil war for 10 years, it also contributed to bitter feelings in each section (North & South) toward the other. Discuss three (3) events that were unintended results of this compromise? USE SPECIFIC EVIDENCE