CHAPTER 20: "Drifting Towards Disunion"
FLASH CARD I.D.'S include the date, the definition, the significance and any causes or effects
- Brooks Beats Sumner
- Impending Crisis of the South
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Bleeding Kansas
- Lecompton Constitution
- Dred Scott Decision
- Crittenden Compromise
- Lincoln-Douglas Debates
- Freeport Doctrine
- Harpers Ferry Raid
SOCRATIC SEMINAR PROMPTS - Select three of the folllowing prompts and write a one paragraph response.
1. Describe Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. What effect is it having on America in the 1850's?
2. Describe the Kansas Nebraska Act. What effect is it having on America in the 1850's?
3. Describe American political parties during the 1850's. In what ways is American politics becoming more violent during the mid 1850's?
4. Evaluate the pros and cons of the Lecompton Constitution for the state of Kansas in 1857.
5. Explain how the Dred Scott decision is deepening sectional antagonism throughout the United States during and after 1857.
6. Describe the differences between Lincoln and Douglas during their debates of 1858. Who would you support in this election and why?
7. Explain how Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid is deepening sectional antagonism throughout the United States during and after 1859.
8. Analyze the complex election of 1860. Who is running and what do they stand for? Who would you vote for and why?
9. Could the Crittenden Compromise or some other proposal prevent or at least postpone the Civil War in 1860?
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.
"A Civil War in America in the mid 1800's was avoidable if the North and the South had just been willing to compromise." Agree or Disagree?
CATEGORIZE - 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 these statement must address the evidence that supports your opinion.
"Rank the following in order of their importance to the coming of the Civil War: Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott decision, John Browns raid, Lincolns election. Justify your ranking. "
STUDENT QUESTIONS create three questions that are either thought provoking or questions about anything confusing in this chapter.
