Warm Up #2

After reading Civil War and Reconstruction Part II...

1. How did the Civil War affect the government's role in the American economy?

2. By the end of the 19th century, how did the United States become the greatest economic power in the world?

3. What prompted Lincoln to change his mind about the purpose of the war?

4. Why did the Emancipation Proclamation free very few slaves?

5. Why was black citizenship a top priority on the post-war agenda?

6. Why did radical Republicans support the right for blacks to vote in the South after the war had ended?

Civil War and Reconstruction Part I

Civil War and Reconstruction Part I

Warm Up #1

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?

Update for 5-20-15 through 5-22-15 (Except for 2nd Period)

Wednesday 5-20-15: Mega-Jeopardy Review Part 1
Thursday 5-21-15: Mega-Jeopardy Review Part 2
Friday 5-22-15: Civil War Parts 1 & 2 Test; Everything Due

• Study Guide 
• Warm Ups (8)
• Test

**No Written Response Due to CAASPP Testing

Civil War Parts 1 & 2 Study Guide

Civil War Parts 1 & 2 Study Guide and Answers

Civil War Part II Notes

Warm Up #8 (unless you're 1st Period)

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?

The Failure of Compromise Part III

The Failure of Compromise Part III

Warm Up #7 (unless you're in 1st period, then it would be Warm Up #8)

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?

Riley's Farm Permission Slip

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Riley's Farm Information/chaperone letter

Rliey's Farm Info Letter

Warm Up #6

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?

The Failure of Compromise Part II

The Failure of Compromise Part II

Warm Up #5

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?

Thomas Jefferson on the Missouri Compromise

Jefferson to John Holmes Regarding the Missouri Compromise

Rufus King on the Missouri Compromise

(Civil War) a Founding Father on the Missouri Compromise

The Failure of Compromise Part I

The Failure of Compromise Part I

Warm Up #4

After reading The Failure of Compromise part I...

1. What was the major dispute between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South)?

2. Aside from economic considerations, why was the South so reluctant to abandon slavery?

3. Why did southerners insist that slavery had to expand in order for it to survive?

4. Why did many northerners insist that slavery should not expand?

5. Why do you think the Missouri Compromise plan will fail to settle the slavery issue?