HW for Tuesday

Read 356 ("Bleeding Kansas") through 364.

Focus questions:
1. •What problems were faced in the attempt to organize a legitimate government in Kansas? Why did these problems arise?
2. How was it that Kansas became a battle ground for the sectional controversy?
3. Explain the maneuvering by pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces to gain control of the Kansas government. What did both sides come to believe that Kansas symbolized for the nation?
4. What type of society did northerners wish to create? How did "free soil" and "free labor" fit into their plans?
5. How did the "free soil" ideology manifest itself in the Republican Party? What diverse views did it unite?
6. What effect did the depression of 1857 have on political divisions in America? How did it increase the tension between the North and South?
7. What were the origins of the Dred Scott case? What issues were involved?
8. How did Chief Justice Taney rule on this case? What was the impact of the decision on the nation's efforts to reach a compromise regarding the slavery issue?
9. Why did the Lincoln-Douglas debates take place? Why did they draw so much attention?
10. How did Lincoln and Douglas differ in their solution to slavery in the territories?
11. How was Douglas's stand reflected in the Freeport Doctrine? What affect did this position have on Douglas's future presidential aspirations?
12. How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates define the distinctions between the Democratic and Republican parties?
13. What were the goals of John Brown's raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA? How did the South react to this event?
14. Why is John Brown's raid considered to be a turning point in the South's road to secession?
15. What caused the split between northern and southern Democrats in 1860? What was the result of this division?
16. What was the Republican platform in 1860? To whom did it appeal most?