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Toward civil war guided notes
1. The document contains guided notes on the events leading up to the Civil War, including debates over slavery in new territories, the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates. 2. Key events summarized are the formation of the Republican Party in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Chief Justice Taney's ruling in Dred Scott that denied citizenship to African Americans, and abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry which intensified sectional tensions. 3. The notes are intended to help students understand the differing views on slavery that emerged and escalated conflicts in the years leading up to the Civil War.
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- 1. Toward Civil WarName: ____________________________ Guided Notes TN Standards Class Period: ______________________ - 8.67, 8.68, 8.69, 8.70 Instructions: Complete this set of guided notes by using Chapter 16 of the textbook (make sure you use the one with Sacagawea on the cover). You will turn this in before you leave class even if you do not finish, but DO NOT WASTE TIME! New Territory Brings New Debates/Differing Views 1. REVIEW- What was the Wilmot Proviso? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 2. What was John C. Calhoun’s response to the Wilmot Proviso? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 3. Based on what you know about John C. Calhoun, is his opinion surprising? Why or why not? (Hint: think about South Carolina and the Nullification Crisis) ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 4. Why was the “Free Soil Party” formed?
- 2. ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ A New Compromise 5.What was a “fugitive” slave? ________________________________________________________________ ________ 6. Why were Southern states threatening to “secede,” or leave the Union? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 7. Describe, in your own words, Henry Clay’s suggestion for compromise. ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 8. What was Stephen Douglas’ plan to solve the debate over the Compromise of 1850?
- 3. ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 9. How didMillard Fillmore contribute to the passing of the Compromise of 1850? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ The Fugitive Slave Act 10. What did the Fugitive Slave Act say? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 11. What did Northerners do in response to this law? ________________________________________________________________ ________ 12. How did Northern juries respond to people who violated the Fugitive Slave Act? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ The Kansas-Nebraska Act 13. What was the purpose behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
- 4. ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 14. Both theKansas and Nebraska territories were north of the 36°30’ N latitude. Why did this anger the South? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 15. How did Stephen Douglas plan on repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 16. Why were Northerners against the Kansas-Nebraska Act? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 17. In addition to Southerners, how did the Kansas-Nebraska Act get passed? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ Conflict in Kansas 18. Who were the “border ruffians” and what was their purpose in coming to Kansas? ________________________________________________________________ ________
- 5. ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 19. How didopponents of slavery respond to pro-slavery laws being passed in Kansas? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 20. Who led an attack that resulted in the death of five supporters of slavery? ________________________________________________________________ ________ TN Connection- Attack in Congress 21. How did Senator, Preston Brooks, respond to anti-slavery Senator, Charles Sumner’s verbal attack on his cousin in Congress? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 1854 Congressional Elections 22. How was the Republican Party formed? ________________________________________________________________ ________
- 6. ________________________________________________________________ ________ 23. Why wasthe Republican Party formed? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 23. How did these new Republicans perform in the Congressional elections of 1854? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ Dred Scott v. Sanford 24. Who was Dred Scott? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 25. What was the significance of Scott’s slave-owner taking him to the Northwest Territory? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 26. After returning to ________________________________, Scott tried to sue for his freedom.
- 7. 27. Scott’s casemade it all the way to the _______________________________. 27. What was the primary argument used by Scott and his anti-slavery lawyers? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 28. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during Dred Scott’s case? ________________________________________________________________ ________ 29. Summarize Roger Taney’s opinion when he gave the Court’s ruling. ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________
- 8. ________________________________________________________________ ________ Reaction to theDecision 30. How did Republicans and other anti-slavery groups describe the Dred Scott decision? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ Lincoln and Douglas 31. Which elected saw current Senator, Stephen Douglas, face newcomer, Abraham Lincoln? ________________________________________________________________ ________ 32. Douglas was considered a candidate for ______________________________ for the Election of 1860. 33. Lincoln challenged Douglas to a series of ____________________________. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 34. List a couple of facts that show the popularity of these debates. ________________________________________________________________ ________
- 9. ________________________________________________________________ ________ 35. What wasthe primary topic of the debates? ________________________________________________________________ ________ 36. What did Lincoln ask Douglas at Freeport? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 37. What was Douglas’ response? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 38. What was Douglas’ response called? ________________________________________________________________ ________ 39. What argument did Douglas make about Lincoln? ________________________________________________________________ ________ 40. Even thought Douglas narrowly won the election, what effect did it have on the career of Abraham Lincoln? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ John Brown and Harper’s Ferry
- 10. 41. REVIEW- Howdid abolitionist, John Brown, feel abolitionists should go about ending slavery? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 42. Why did Brown lead a group to raid the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ 43. Brown wasn’t successful and was sentenced to death. Some groups disagreed with Brown’s views, but after his death, others saw him as a ________________________________________________________________ ________ 44. What effect did John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry have on BOTH slavery and anti-slavery groups? ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________ ________________________________________________________________ ________