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?