Reading #1 Questions for Civil War and Reconstruction Part !

After reading Civil War and Reconstruction Part I...

1. Why was Grant treated as a hero during his tour of the world after the war?

2. In which ways was the Civil War so significant to our country's history?

3. Why is the Civil War sometimes called the first modern war?  Give specific examples.

4. What is one factor that made a northern victory so difficult?

5. How was the new United States different than the nations being created in Europe at the same time?

Reading #1 Civil War and Reconstruction Part I

Civil War and Reconstruction Part I by buddylembeck

Reading #9 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?

Reading #9: A Proposed 13th Amendment To Prevent Secession, 1861

A Proposed Thirteenth Amendment to Prevent Secession by buddylembeck

Reading #8 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?

Reading #8: The Failure of Compromise Part III

The Failure of Compromise Part III by buddylembeck

Reading #7 Questions

1. Why can Henry Weeden’s letter be read as not only a refusal to perform a service, but also as a strong repudiation of the Fugitive Slave Law? Why did Weeden write this letter and not just refuse to repair the coat?
2. How does this letter help us to understand the tensions that existed in states in which abolitionists were very active?

Reading #7: An African American Protests the Fugitive Slave Law, 1850

An African American Protests the Fugitive Slave Law by buddylembeck

Reading #6 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?

Reading #6: The Failure of Compromise Part II

The Failure of Compromise Part II by buddylembeck

Reading #5 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 #5: Thomas Jefferson on the Missouri Compromise

Jefferson to John Holmes Regarding the Missouri Compromise by buddylembeck

Reading # 5: Rufus King on the Missouri Compromise

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