Sheldon High School A.P. U.S. History
Ch. 19 "Renewing the Sectional Struggle"

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Ch.15 "Forging the National Economy"
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Ch. 17 "The South and Slavery"
Ch. 13 "The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy"
Ch. 14 "Jacksonian Democracy at Flood Tide"
Ch. 18 "Manifest Destiny"
Ch. 19 "Renewing the Sectional Struggle"
Ch. 20 "Path to Disunion"
Ch. 23 "Reconstruction"
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Ch. 25 "Industry Comes of Age"
Ch. 26 "America Moves to the City"
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Ch. 36 "Great Depression and New Deal"
Ch. 37 "Roosevelt & the Shadow of War"
Ch. 38 "America in WW II"
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Ch. 40 "Eisenhower & 50's"
Ch. 41 "Stormy 60's"
Ch. 42 "Stalemated 70's

CHAPTER 19: "Renewing the Sectional Struggle"

FLASH CARD I.D.'S include the date, the definition, the significance and any causes or effects

  1. Popular sovereignty
  2. Free Soil Party
  3. Fugitive Slave Law
  4. Compromise of 1850
  5. Underground Railroad
  6. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
  7. Ostend Manifesto
  8. Seventh of March Speech
  9. Kansas-Nebraska Act
  10. Higher Law

Socratic Seminar Prompts - select three of the following prompts for the next Socratic Seminar and write a one paragraph response to the prompt.

  1. What urgent issues are creating the crisis leading up to the Compromise of 1850?
  2. How does the Compromise of 1850 attempt to deal with the most difficult issues concerning slavery?
  3. Is the Compromise of 1850 a success? Why or why not?
  4. Why are pro-slavery southerners so eager to push for expansion in Cuba in the 1850's?
  5. Explain the causes and effects of the Gadsden Purchase of 1853?
  6. Indicate why the Whig party is disintegrating and disappearing in the mid 1850's.
  7. Describe Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act and explain why it is stirring the sectional controversy to new heights in the 1850's.
  8. How similar was the Compromise of 1850 to the Missouri Compromise of 1820? Why could sectional issues be compromised in 1820 and 1850, but not in 1854?

AGREE OR DISAGREE - make a "T" Chart of the prompt that follows. Label one side "Agree" and the other side "Disagree." Write 3 sentences explaining 3 pieces of evidence that would support the prompt and write 3 sentences explaining 3 pieces of evidence that would oppose the prompt. After completing the evidence chart, use it to write a thesis statement that addresses the prompt.

"The North got the better end of the Compromise of 1850." Agree or Disagree?

CATEGORIZATION - make 3 to 5 categories of evidence to answer the following prompt and then list facts in each category to support the category. After completing the chart, write a thesis statement that answers the prompt. Your thesis statement must address the evidence that supports your opinion.

"Explain the widespread popularity of the concept of popular sovereignty as a way to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories. Then explain why it ultimately failed."

STUDENT QUESTIONS create three questions that are either thought provoking or questions about anything confusing in this chapter.