Question 1

How did the changing of the political guard,from the "immortal trio" of Henry Clay,Daniel Webster,and John C.Calhoun to younger politicians like William H.Seward and Stephan A.Douglas,affect the sectional divide in politics and the likelihood of compromise in the future?

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Question 2

To what extent did the building of the first transcontinental railroad linking the East and the West contribute to the wrenching apart of the North and the South?

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Question 3

Why did Stephen Douglas prod "the snarling dog of slavery" when it had more or less fallen asleep after the Compromise of 1850? Does Douglas deserve blame for setting in motion the chain of events that led to the Civil War?

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Question 4

Explain the relationship between the Ostend Manifesto and the slavery controversy in the United States.

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Question 5

Do you think that by the end of 1854 the two sections had reached an impasse and that Civil War was inevitable sooner or later? Why or why not?

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Question 6

Why were the two great national political parties,which had arranged so many compromises on the slavery issue,unable to remain united (the Democrats)or even survive (the Whigs)in the early 1850s?

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Question 7

To what extent were the underlying sectional tensions and occasional flare-ups of sectional strife in the late 1840s and early 1850s both a product and cause of weak national leadership?

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Question 8

The authors describe the Kansas-Nebraska Act as the "curtain raiser to a terrible drama" and "one of the most momentous measures ever to pass Congress." Of all the compromises and conflicts over slavery since 1789,why was this one piece of legislation so significant?

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Question 9

Why was the election of 1852,which seemed tame at the time,so momentous for the political future?

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Question 10

Compare and contrast the views of Clay,Webster,and Calhoun in the congressional debate that produced the Compromise of 1850.

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Quiz 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854