Chapter 15 Worksheet: The Nation Breaking Apart 1846-1861 15.1 Growing Tensions Between North and South Read pages 441-445 Name 8 1. Wilmot Proviso- 2. Free-Soil Party- 3. Henry Clay- 4. Daniel Webster- 5. Stephen A. Douglas- 6. Compromise of 1850-1. Explain 2 ways the North developed: 1. 2. 2. Explain 2 ways the South developed: 1. 2. 3.Why did poor whites living in the South accept slavery? 4. How could Northerners support Antislavery but by today s standards be considered racist? Explain these two opposite concepts? 5. a) The Wilmont Proviso removed what right of slaveholders? b) How did Southerners feel? c) Impact on Congress?
6. Slogan of the Free- Soil Party was. Free, Free, Free, and Free. 7. Why were Southerners opposed to the admission of California to the Union as a free state? 8. What roles did Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Stephen Douglas play in the passing the Compromise of 1850? a) Henry Clay b) Daniel Webster c) Stephen Douglas 15.2 The Crisis Deepens Read pages 446-449 1. Harriet Beecher Stowe- 2. Uncle Tom s Cabin- 3. Fugitive Slave Act- 4. Popular Sovereignty- 5. Kansas-Nebraska Act- 6. John Brown- 1. Why did Southerners feel that the Fugitive Slave Act was justified? 2. What moral dilemma did the Fugitive Slave Act force Northerners to face? 3. Stephen A. Douglas wanted to break up the Nebraska Territory into and under his drafted bill to organize territorial governments.
3. Give two different examples of how Southerners supported this proposed bill by Stephen A. Douglas. 1. 2. 4. How did proslavery forces ensure that Kansas would elect proslavery legislative? 5. Proslavery forces attacked Lawrence, Kansas because 6. What was the cause for Bleeding Kansas? 7. In what ways did the beating of Senator Sumner represent what was happening in the nation? 15.3 Slavery Dominates Politics Read pages 450-454 1. Republican Party- 2. John C. Fre mont- 3. James Buchanan- 4. Dred Scott v. Sandford- 5. Roger B. Taney- 6. Abraham Lincoln- 7. Harpers Ferry- 1. The creation of the Republican Party grew out of the problems caused by the of 1854. 2. Southern Whigs had supported the bill for the same reason that Northern Whigs had opposed it: the bill to new to.
3. What were 3 things that Republicans liked about John C. Fre mont? a. b. c. 4. What were 3 things that Democrats liked about James Buchanan? a. b. c. 5. What did the election of 1856 indicated about the nation? 6. How did the Dred Scott decision affect the Missouri Compromise? 7. How did Lincoln say that the expansion of slavery could be halted? 8. Compare/ Contrast Douglas s views and Lincoln s views on the expansion of slavery. Douglas s View Shared Views Lincoln s View 9. What effect did the debates have on Lincoln s political career? 10. Why did John Brown attach Harpers Ferry? 11.What was the reaction to Brown s execution from the following perspectives? a. Northerners: b. Southerners:
15.4 Lincoln s Election and Southern Secession Read pages 455-459 1. platform- 2. secede- 3. Confederate States of America- 4. Jefferson Davis- 5. Crittenden Plan- 1. What issue split the Democratic Party? 2. What was the aim of the Constitutional Union Party? 3.List the 2 different races that were going on for the Election of 1860. a) North: b) South: 4. and were considered to have the most extreme views on slavery. Douglas and Bell were considered because neither wanted the federal to pass new laws on slavery. 5. Explain state s rights: 6. became the first state to secede. Name the next six states to follow secession. 7. How did President Buchanan and other Northerners respond to secession? 8. What was the purpose of the Crittenden Plan? Was it successful? 9. How did Lincoln try to reassure the South in his First Inaugural Address?
10. Create a timeline with the following events, month and year, and event: a) Lincoln is inaugurated b) Lincoln wins election c) Democrats split d) 50 Southern Democrats walk out of the convention e) Republicans nominate Lincoln f) Confederate States of America is formed