PART A - SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

DOCUMENT 1 - Compromise of 1850

1. How were future new states to decide if they entered the Union as a free or slave state?

2.  What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

3.  How many slave states are there in 1850?

4.  How many free states are there in 1850?

5.  What evidence is there on the map to show a past compromise?

DOCUMENT 2 - Civil War Graphs

1.  Using the Population graph, which section of the country had almost twice the number of people living there?  North or South?

2. Using the Number of Soldiers graph, which section of the country had almost twice the number of soldiers in their army? North or South?

3. Using the Number of Factories graph, what is the difference between the economies of the North and South?

4.  Using the Miles of Railroad Tracks graph, which section had a better railroad system to transport goods and supplies? North or South?

5.  Using all the graphs, list 3 reasons and explain why the North would do better in a war against the South.

6.  Explain why the information on this page is accurate or not accurate. Where could you
     look to verify the data?

DOCUMENT 3- Sectionalism (Differences between the North & South)

1. Describe the economy of the South. How did the people make a living? What did they
     need for this type of economy?

2. Describe the economy of the North. How did the people in North make a living? What
    did they need for this type of economy?

3.  What is the difference between the Northern and Southern economies?

DOCUMENT 4 - Slavery

1.  What did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

2.  Did many people read Uncle Tom's Cabin? Explain your answer.

3.  What effect did Uncle Tom's Cabin have in the North? How did it make people feel 
      about slavery?

DOCUMENT 5 - Lincoln's Election

1.  Using Lincoln's 1860 campaign poster, what did the Republican party support?

2.  What does the phrase "Free Territory" mean?

3.  What part of the country would vote for Lincoln? Why?

4.  Why would the election of Lincoln cause Southern states to leave the Union?

5. What did the South mean by the phrase "state's rights"?