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Power Presentations CHAPTER 15
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Diversity and Unity
You are a representative in Congress in the
1850s. The issue of slavery is causing heated
debates. Tensions over slavery have risen so high
that respectable men have turned to violence to
settle their differences. You worry that soon
this violence may affect the entire nation.
How would you keep the nation together?
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Why do you think people feel so strongly
about slavery?
Do you think debates, such as those between
Lincoln and Douglas, could settle emotional
issues without leading to violence?
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Main Idea
Disagreements between the North and theSouth,
especially over the issue of slavery, led to
political conflict.
Why It Matters Now
Regional differences can make national problems
difficult to resolve.
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What were the effects of abolitionism, the Wilmot
Proviso, and Californias application for
statehood?
Abolitionism
Raised tensions among citizens over the morality
of slavery
Wilmot Proviso
Caused political conflict over the legality of
slavery in the territories
Californias application for statehood
Led to the Compromise of 1850
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What were two ways that the North and the
South differed by the mid-1800s? In what ways
was racism common in both the North and the
South? How did the War with Mexico lead to
conflict between the North and the South?
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Comparing and Contrasting
How was the Compromise of 1850 similar to and
different from the Missouri Compromise?
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Main Idea
Turmoil over slavery led to acts of violence.
Why It Matters Now
Violence can make compromise more difficult.
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What were the Northern and Southern views of the
Fugitive Slave Act, the KansasNebraska Act, and
Bleeding Kansas?
North opposed it because it forced themto
support slavery.
South favored it because it upheld slavery.
South supported it because it nullified the
Missouri Compromise.
North opposed it because it allowed slavery in
new areas.
KansasNebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
Northerners blamed proslavery forces.
Southerners blamed abolitionists.
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How did the book Uncle Toms Cabininfluence
national politics? Why was the KansasNebraska
Act so controversial ? What was the cause of
Bleeding Kansas?
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Solving Problems
What would you have done to prevent the violence
in Kansas?
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Main Idea
Disagreement over slavery led to the formation of
the Republican Party and heightened sectional
tensions.
Why It Matters Now
The Democrats and the Republicans are the major
political parties of today.
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What is the importance of the events listed below?
Buchanan won, but the election showed the
strength of anti-slavery forces
Election of 1856
Supreme Court case that declared the Missouri
Compromise unconstitutional
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Lincoln-Douglas debates
Harpers Ferry
Place where John Brown led an assault on a U.S.
arsenal
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What issues led to the creation ofthe
Republican party? What was Chief Justice
Taneys opinionin the Dred Scott case? How did
John Browns attack on Harpers Ferryincrease
tensions between the North and South?
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Identifying Facts and Opinions
How did Lincoln and Douglas disagree about
slavery? Which of their views were facts, and
which were opinions?
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Main Idea
The election of Lincoln led the Southern states
to secede from the Union.
Why It Matters Now
This was the only time in U.S. history that
states seceded from the Union.
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What important events occurred between April 1860
and March 1861?
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Who were the candidates in the 1860
presidential election, and what policies did
each candidate stand for? Which states
seceded right after Lincolns election? How
did they justify this action? What attempts did
the North and the South make to compromise?
What were the results?
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Analyzing Points of View
Do you think the Southern states seceded to
protect slaveryor states rights?
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REVIEW QUESTIONS
ANSWERS READ AND TAKE NOTES
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1 How did the North and the South differ in the
1840s?
2 How did Southerners react to the Wilmot Proviso?
3 What was Stephen A. Douglass role in passing
the Compromise of 1850?
4 How did Northerners react to the Fugitive Slave
Act?
5 Why did Northerners and Southerners disagree
about the KansasNebraska Act?
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6 How did Bleeding Kansas cause problems for
Democrats?
7 What positions did Lincoln and Douglas take
in their debates?
8 What was the result of John Browns raid on
Harpers Ferry?
9 What were the results of the election of 1860,
and what did these results show?
10 How did Southerners justify secession?
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Analyzing Causes
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