HOMEWORK
Due Tomorrow

Use the following link to read through the FIRST sections entitled The Divisive Politics of Slavery

Power Point notes

Use the link above and the links provided to answer the following questions and be prepared for a class discussion tomorrow.
There will be a completion and class participation grade given.

 1. What led to the break up of the Union?
 2. What emerged as a result of the political tensions in the mid 1800's?
 3. What FOUR events heightened tension between the North and the South?
 4. What was the biggest blunder that caused tension?
 5. Briefly discuss the Dred Scott Case.
 6. Define who John Brown, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick
     Douglas were.
 7. How did the tension between states’ rights and national government authority 
    manifest itself in the events leading up to the Civil War?