ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES HISTORY
Homework Assignment
A House Divided

Directions:  Read Chapter Thirteen: The Crisis of the Union, and answer any SIX of the following questions in complete sentences.  Your responses must be either typewritten or hand-written in black or blue ink.

PART ONE:

1.   How did southern planters' justification of the slave system evolve during the nineteenth century?

2.   What parts of the Compromise of 1850 were designed to appease the North, and what parts were designed to appease the South?

3.   In the long run, was the Fugitive Slave Act beneficial or detrimental to the South?

4.   What were the most important effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

5.   Why was the Dred Scott decision so damaging to the Republican Party?

6.   What evidence did northerners have that there was a "Slave Power" conspiracy scheming to extend slavery throughout the country?

7.   What evidence did the South have that the institution of slavery was in danger from the North?

8.   What events led to the division of the Democratic Party in 1860?

PART TWO:

 Read: American Voices, Axalla John Hoole: "Bleeding Kansas": A Southern View in Chapter 13 of the text. After reading the document, write a brief paragraph-length response to each of the following questions. As this series of letters demonstrates, ordinary people came to "Bleeding Kansas" for a mix of reasons. A Southern proslavery advocate, Axalla John Hoole records his impressions during the fiery days of 1856 to 1857, when simply surviving attacks and counterattacks often took precedence over trying to build a new life.

1.      What were Hoole's expectations about coming to Kansas, and how were they met?

2.      Why does Hoole believe that Kansas will become a free state?

3.      What does Hoole say is the final strategic maneuver of proslavery settlers in Kansas?