Question 1

Explain how the various parties reacted to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Be sure to discuss why the Whig Party failed, why the Democratic Party split, and why the Republican Party started. How did each party view slavery and define freedom?

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Question 2

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Dred Scott decision

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Question 3

Analyze Roger Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case. How did the ruling mirror the sectional debates that had been occurring in Congress? What consequences did the decision have on the liberties and freedoms of blacks in America?

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Question 4

What did Emerson mean by "Mexico will poison us"? Was he right? Why or why not?

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Question 5

Did morality or economics dominate the debates over slavery in the 1850s? Explain the various arguments made for and against the expansion of slavery. Who, if anyone, was arguing for abolition?

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Question 6

Many Americans and immigrants from other lands believed California presented a magnificent opportunity for economic freedom once gold was discovered. However, the boundaries of freedom were tightly drawn in California. Explain the expansions and limitations of freedom there.

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Question 7

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-John Brown

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Question 8

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Mexican Cession

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Question 9

Thinking back to previous chapters, fully explain how the forces of the market revolution heightened the tension between freedom and slavery.

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Question 10

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Compromise of 1850

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Question 11

John O'Sullivan declared that race was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires. How accurate do you think that statement was? Why?

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Question 12

Using the Lincoln-Douglas debates, explore how each man viewed freedom. What can their political debates tell us about American society on the eve of the Civil War?

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Question 13

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Wilmot Proviso

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Question 14

Analyze the arguments of the Free Soil Party. How did its members understand freedom? How did slavery fit into their platform?

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Question 15

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Bleeding Kansas

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Question 16

How do you explain why and when certain slave states seceded from the Union? Why did some slave states-Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri-not secede from the Union?

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Question 17

Examine the aftermath of the Mexican War for Tejanos in the Texas borderland. What were the consequences for Mexicans, Indians, slaves, and free blacks in the newly acquired areas of not only Texas but also New Mexico and California? Think back to Thomas Jefferson's idea of an Empire of Liberty. Did the newly acquired land from the Mexican War promote Jefferson's idea, or as with the Louisiana Purchase, was it an empire of liberty for only a few?

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Question 18

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Lincoln-Douglas debates

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Question 19

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-filibustering

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Quiz 13: A House Divided, 1840-1861

Explain how the various parties reacted to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Be sure to discuss why the Whig Party failed, why the Democratic Party split, and why the Republican Party started. How did each party view slavery and define freedom?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Dred Scott decision

Analyze Roger Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case. How did the ruling mirror the sectional debates that had been occurring in Congress? What consequences did the decision have on the liberties and freedoms of blacks in America?

What did Emerson mean by "Mexico will poison us"? Was he right? Why or why not?

Did morality or economics dominate the debates over slavery in the 1850s? Explain the various arguments made for and against the expansion of slavery. Who, if anyone, was arguing for abolition?

Many Americans and immigrants from other lands believed California presented a magnificent opportunity for economic freedom once gold was discovered. However, the boundaries of freedom were tightly drawn in California. Explain the expansions and limitations of freedom there.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -John Brown

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Mexican Cession

Thinking back to previous chapters, fully explain how the forces of the market revolution heightened the tension between freedom and slavery.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Compromise of 1850

John O'Sullivan declared that race was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires. How accurate do you think that statement was? Why?

Using the Lincoln-Douglas debates, explore how each man viewed freedom. What can their political debates tell us about American society on the eve of the Civil War?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Wilmot Proviso

Analyze the arguments of the Free Soil Party. How did its members understand freedom? How did slavery fit into their platform?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Bleeding Kansas

How do you explain why and when certain slave states seceded from the Union? Why did some slave states-Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri-not secede from the Union?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Lincoln-Douglas debates

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -filibustering