Differences Grow Between North and South

Name ______Per. ______

Differences grow between North and South

Using Ch. 15, evaluate the differences that divided the U.S. in the 1850s and the attempts made to resolve them.

NORTH / SOUTH
Economy
What were the characteristics of the economy?
Immigration
Describe the impact of immigration.
Industry
Explain the role Industry played and how it affected the population.
Slavery
Identify the viewpoints on slavery.
Extreme Position / Moderate Position
Racism
Explain how each section exhibited racist attitudes.
Mexican Cession
How did they feel about slavery expanding into new territories?
California
How did they propose to deal with the issue of slavery in the new state?
The Wilmot Proviso
What was the purpose?
What was the reaction of slaveholders?
What was the result of the vote in Congress?
What were two effects of the debate over the Wilmot Proviso?
Individual Contributions
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Stephen Douglas

Why would an abolitionist consider the provisions new Fugitive Slave Law as pro slavery?

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act get rid of the Missouri Compromise?

What is popular sovereignty, and how does it apply to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to violence in Kansas?

What role did John Brown play in fanning the flames of violence in Kansas?

Name ______Per. ______

The Divide Grows Wider

Chapter 15 Sections 3&4

Effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act on the Whig Party
Southern Whigs / Northern Whigs
Stance on Kansas-Nebraska Act
Reason they supported/opposed it
Effect of the conflict on each group
How they responded to the controversy

In the case of Dred Scott vs.Sandford (1857), why did Dred Scott believe that he should be free?

Describe the three parts of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott vs.Sandford (1857).

Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)
During their race for the U.S. senate they offered opposing views on the government’s role in the issue of slavery
Abraham Lincoln’s view
Stephen A Douglas’s view
John Brown continues the fight for abolition
Describe the events that took place at Harper’s Ferry and their effects
What was Brown’s plan in October 1859?
What was the result of Brown’s actions?
North / South
Reactions to Harper’s Ferry
Secession of Southern States
Why southern states seceded
(according to them)
Basis for their power to do so
Reactions to Secession
President James Buchanan / What he says:
What he does:
Senator John Crittenden
The Election of 1860
Candidate
Party
Platform on slavery
Popular Vote
Electoral Vote