Students,
The following questions should be answered by Thursday, December 12, 2013. Students, essay questions should be
answered in your own words by summarizing, paraphrasing, and/or analyzing
content information. You should use the textbook or internet as a resource but not to copy and
paste or write in someone else words. Content information should be accurate
and based on informational readings and text.Students are to select one (1)
question to answer in two detailed paragraphs and state a thesis sentence based
on your argument to be explained (Thesis statement should be in the 1st
paragraph). Grammatical errors should be reviewed and corrected before
submitting
your essays questions. The essay is worth 80 points total.
Extension
Assignment- Students should comment on at least two of their classmates’ essays
by Monday, December 16, 2013, 12:00a.m. Your comments should be at least 2-3
sentences in length. The comment should be a critical evaluation of the essay and
explain whether you agree with the argument or disagree. This assignment will
allow students to become peer supporters in this AP US History class and help
critic the writings of their classmates. This assignment is worth 20 points (10
points per comment). Your overall grade will come from Mrs.
Ladd.
Select one of the following questions:
1. What factors account for the remarkable success of a new party-The Republican-in the elections of 1856 and 1860?
2. How did TWO of the following contribute to the events that led to the disunion?
A. Passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act
B. Decision in the Dred Scott Case
C. Raid on Harper's Ferry
3.Assess the extent to which slavery was the main cause of disunion and the Civil War.
One of two major U.S. political parties. It was formed in 1854 by former members of the Whig, Democratic, and Free Soil parties who chose the party's name to recall the Jeffersonian Republicans' concern with the national interest above sectional interests and states' rights. The new party opposed slavery and its extension into the territories, as provided by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Its first presidential candidate, John C. Frémont, won 11 states in 1856; its second, Abraham Lincoln, won the 1860 election by carrying 18 states. Its association with the Union victory in the American Civil War allowed it a long period of dominance nationally, though it was uncompetitive in the South for more than a century after the war. Republican candidates won 14 of 18 presidential elections between 1860 and 1932, through support from an alliance of Northern and Midwestern farmers and big-business interests. In 1912 the party split between a progressive wing led by Theodore Roosevelt and a conservative wing led by Pres.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Howard Taft; the rift enabled the Democratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson, to win that year's election. The Republican Party's inability to counter the impact of the Great Depression led to its ouster from power in 1933; in 1953 the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower brought a moderate wing of the party to prominence. The party's platform remained conservative, emphasizing anticommunism, reduced government regulation of the economy, and lower taxes; many members also opposed civil rights legislation. In the 1950s the GOP gained new support from middle-class suburbanites and white Southerners disturbed by the integrationist policies of the national Democratic Party. Richard Nixon, who narrowly lost the 1960 presidential race, won narrowly in 1968 and by a landslide in 1972, but he was forced to resign in 1974 as a result of the Watergate scandal. Ronald Reagan, who had assumed the leadership of the conservative wing of the Republican Party after Barry Goldwater's defeat in the presidential election of 1964, won the presidency in 1980 and 1984; he introduced deep tax cuts and launched a massive buildup of U.S. military forces.
Your paragraph provides me with supportive reasoning and uses a mature sense of wording.You make some accurate points.
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DeleteHow did TWO of the following contribute to the events that led to the disunion?
ReplyDeleteA. Passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act
B. Decision in the Dred Scott Case
C. Raid on Harper's Ferry
In the disunion there are to facts that I would like to talk about. First I would like to talk about the Passage of the Kansas Nebraska and next Raid on Harper’s Ferry. The Passage of the Kansas Nebraska leads to the disunion due to the repealing of the Missouri Compromise. Which had dealt with slavery weather it was allowed and prohibited , forbidden in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36/30 degree parallel, the Kansas Nebraska Act allowed those states to vote on whether they forbid slavery or not.
Next, Raid on Harper’s Ferry lead to the disunion due to people in the North and the South were divided on their opinions of the case of John Brown a man who led the raid on Harper's Ferry. Since he was an abolitionist in the North, Northerners did not believe he should be sentenced to death, while people in the South did, because John threatened their lifestyle. John Brown stated “On December 2, 1859, Brown wrote: I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
I agree with you on the states voting for or against slavery.
DeleteI agree what you said about the Kansas-Nebraska act, it was a reponse to the missouri compromise and toward the conflict between the north and the south.
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3.Access the extent to which slavery was the main cause of disunion and the Civil War.
First, the North and South had adapted into two diverse sides:a region of culture and a region of economics.The South depended on slavery of its plantation economy.However, the very industrial North and their Northern opposer's caused the growth of slavery to break out in another world dispute. It became worse and worse as new territories and states were added to the Union. Supporters took the advantage of launching more slave states,but the North disagreed with the continuation of slavery.
Next, the issues of slavery in territories prevailed. This included the state territory of California,who had enhanced massively off the Gold Rush.The problem that arose amongst California is because that the majority of California resided South of the Missouri Compromise landmark at 36-30.This direct move signified that slaves were allowed and free to roam in the area.
Finally, the Compromise of 1850 provided that California would enter the Union a free state for the North. The Compromise of 1850 proposed a new fugitive slave law that would draw a powerful impact for the South.As a result, both sides gained a provision which let popular sovereignty the right to vote either for or against slavery for people that lived in New Mexico and Utah territory.
In President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation,Lincoln speaks on his personal outlook on slavery but it does nothing but spark a fuse with the Northerners. The North were offended and decided to take action.They wanted to fight for their rights which causes more soilders to arrive for battle.
I agree the North and South were two opposites sides.
DeleteI like how you divided the north and the the south with the word diverse and i agree with you in the dispute with the emancipation proclamation
Deletejoy your essay is in great details and i agree with you on everything.
DeleteThanks joy this is helpful and this have some good points
Delete2. How did TWO of the following contribute to the events that led to the disunion?
ReplyDeleteA. Passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act
B. Decision in the Dred Scott Case
C. Raid on Harper's Ferry
In 1846, Scott sued for his freedom on the grounds that he had lived in a free state and a free territory for a prolonged period of time. Finally, after eleven years, his case reached the Supreme Court. At stake were answers to critical questions, including slavery in the territories and citizenship of African-Americans. The verdict was a bombshell. The Court also ruled that Congress never had the right to prohibit slavery in any territory. Any ban on slavery was a violation of the Fifth Amendment, which prohibited denying property rights without due process of law. The Missouri Compromise was therefore unconstitutional. The Chief Justice of the United States was Roger B. Taney, a former slave owner, as were four other southern justices on the Court.The north refused to accept a decision by a Court they felt was dominated.Two of the three branches of government, the Congress and the President, had failed to resolve the issue. Now the Supreme Court rendered a decision that was only accepted in the southern half of the country. The only remaining national political institution with both northern and southern strength was the Democratic Party, and it was now splitting.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act’s significance lies in the renewal of sectional controversy over slave states and free states and the formation of the Republican Party. This was the first occurrence of democracy in the case of slavery which threatened the South’s institution. If settlers in this new territory could choose whether or not to allow slavery, even though they were north of the 36/30 line then the balance of slave and free states could very possibly be upset. The north and the south all the time about slavery a new state wanted to enter the Union.The south finally got so tired of all the fighting and arguing that they decided to break away from the U.S. and be their own country.Also, the Kansas-Nebraska Act caused the emergence of the Republican Party.
3.Assess the extent to which slavery was the main cause of disunion and the Civil War.
ReplyDeleteIn the year 1819, there were 22 states in the US. There were 11 Free states and 11 slave states and the balance of slavery and freedom was at a stasis; however when Missouri entered the union Missouri entered as a slave state. The north became furious and denied the request of Missouri, which led to very feverish debates in Congress causing great tension between the north and the south. It wasn't until a year later that a compromise was completed between the north and the south which stated that no state or territory in the Louisiana Purchase Territory and above the 36”30 line could become a slave state. To balance the problem of slave and Free states the north also spawned and made Maine a free state, as Missouri were slave state. The Missouri compromise did calm the tension between the north and the south at the time but the question had been asked about if slavery was right or wrong, the balance will have to be constantly equal to stop the stress and/or conflict between the north and the south in the future.
2. How did TWO of the following contribute to the events that led to the disunion?
ReplyDeleteA. Passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act
B. Decision in the Dred Scott Case
C. Raid on Harper's Ferry
The Kansas-Nebraska Act’s dealt with the debate over slave states and Free states and the formation of the Republican Party. This was the first event of democracy in the case of slavery which threatened the South’s institution. If settlers in this new territory could choose whether or not to allow slavery, even though they were north of the 36/30 line then the balance of slave and Free states could be unbalanced. The north and south argued and fought over the question of slavery each time a new state wanted to enter the Union. The south finally got so tired of all the fighting and arguing that they decided to break away from the U.S. and be their own country. Fighting over whether the south would be its own country finally started the Civil War. These events and arguments led to the disunion.
John Brown was the man who led the raid on Harper's Ferry. Brown’s raid increased sectional bitterness and southerner’s saw the raid as a demonstration of the entire North’s purposes of using slave revolts to destroy Southern economy. The distrust between the sections of the US caused by the raid on Harpers Ferry fueled the fire of disunion and eventually resulted in the Civil War. The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to an upset in the force of balance between the North and South in slave versus Free states. People in the North and the South were divided on their opinions of the case of John Brown since he was an abolitionist in the North, Northerners did not believe he should be sentenced to death, while people in the South did, because John threatened their lifestyle.
2. How did TWO of the following contribute to the events that led to the disunion? A. Passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act B. Decision in the Dred Scott Case C. Raid on Harper's Ferry
ReplyDeleteThe Decision in the Dred Scott case
a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave state of Missouri, had appealed to the Supreme Court in hopes of being granted his freedom. Tanley stated that Scott was a slave ans had no right to voice his options to anyone. He stated that "He was bought and sold and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever profit could be made by it."
Raid of Harpers Ferry was On October 16, Brown set out for Harpers Ferry with 21 men some black others white First they captured the federal armory and arsernal. They then captured Hall's Rifle Works, a supplier of weapons to the government. Brown and his men rounded up 60 prominent citizens of the town and held them as hostages, hoping that their slaves would join the fight. No slaves came forth. Brown was injuryed and many of his man died
How did TWO of the following contribute to the events that led to the disunion?
ReplyDeleteA. Passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act
B. Decision in the Dred Scott Case
C. Raid on Harper's Ferry
Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. Since he was an abolitionist in the North, Northerners did not believe he should be sentenced to death, while people in the South did, because John threatened their lifestyle. Raid of Harpers Ferry was On October 16, Brown set out for Harpers Ferry with 21 men some black others white First they captured the federal armory and arsenal. On October 19, the soldiers overran Brown and his followers. Ten of his men were killed, including two of his sons. Brown went to gallows December 2, 1859, before his execution, he handed his guard a slip of paper that read, "I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood."
The United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories. Dred Scott was a slave who had spent time in the free state of Illinois, and Wisconsin, a free territory at the time of Scott's residence. Scott had appealed to the Supreme Court hoping he'll be granted his freedom. According to Taney, Dred Scott was the property of his owner, and property could not be taken from a person without due process of law. The Court also ruled that Congress never had the right to prohibit slavery in any territory. Any ban on slavery was a violation of the Fifth Amendment, which prohibited denying property rights without due process of law. The Missouri Compromise was therefore unconstitutional.
How did economic and political factors help cause the South to lose the Civil War?
ReplyDeleteThere were many economic and political factors that help cause the South to lose the Civil War. First the economic factors that lead to the South to lose the war were a shortage of men at war who could were not able to farm. Also, a shortage of goods that dramatically decrease. There were food shortages after a while and woman tried to take the job of farming, but was not successful. .As the war increased the Union blockade became more and more effective. The South could not trade its cotton and tobacco for European products which it needed.
Next, the political factor that leads to the South to lose the war was the South confederation. It was made up of independent states. President Jefferson Davis couldn't force the individual states, like Georgia, to do anything. He never had the power that Lincoln had in the North. Also the South was almost totally agricultural instead of industrial. It couldn't begin to match the industrial output of the North.
3. Assess the extent to which slavery was the main cause of disunion and the Civil War.
ReplyDeletePeople was wanting to move out west (Manifest Destiny). With the move, people wanted to take with them their ideals and property (slavery) If the Compromise of 1850 had not taken place when it did, we would have seen the Civil War happen a lot sooner. This acted as a bandage over a huge gash. A temporary fix. Slavery was not the main cause of the Civil War, however. South Carolina, for example, wanted to leave the union almost from the time the union came together.
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ReplyDeleteNo amendment for abolition was ever proposed during the antebellum years. Why? Because there was not enough support in the North to ratify such an amendment, forget the South. In fact, the Republican dominated northern majority in Congress passed the Corwin amendment in 1861. Corwin, if ratified, would have become Amendment XIII and would have prohibited any future amendment to abolish slavery. Lincoln wrote several letters supporting Corwin.
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