Unit 9 Lesson 4 Assignment

James Longfellow's Sentiments were widely felt across the Northern Section. How did the North react towards the fugitive slave hunters

• With animosity (dislike)

• They thought them just

• The praised their actions

• They were neutral about slave hunters performing jobs in the North

What is the main theme of James Longfellow's 1850-1851 writings?

• Love for nature

• Government passing unjust laws

• Industrial revolution impact

• Exploration of human emotions

Based off of the information in the text, and the date it was written, these journals were likely written in reaction to what event?

• The Compromise of 1820

• The Nullification Crisis

• The Mexican American War

• The Compromise 1850

Based of this passage what specific law in the Compromise of 1850 does the writer have an issue with?

• Annexation of California

• Slave trade ending in Washington

• Popular Sovereignty used to vote for or against slavery in the Mexican Cession

• The fugitive slave act which allowed slave hunters to retrieve fugitives in the North

Compromise is often used to deter violence and animosity between opposing factions. Based off this passage do you believe this was accomplished with the Compromise of 1850? Why or why not (must have a minimum of 2 sentences)?

Match the following Negotiators of the Compromise of 1850

• Stephen Douglass

• A young Senator from Illinois who sought to carry through Compromise and was purely neutral on the subject of slavery.

• Daniel Webster

• Senator from South Carolina who adamantly defended slavery and pioneered the idea of secession and nullification

• Henry Clay

• "The Great Compromiser" A Whig who negotiated the Missouri Compromise, and ran against James K. Polk

• John C. Calhoun

• Northern ally (friend) of Great Compromiser. A Northern Abolitionist Senator whose goal was to preserve the Union.

Following the Compromise of 1850 how would states become either a free or slave state?

• Congress would still decide

• Popular Sovereignty (the people in the territories would decide)

• The Territories' representatives would decide

• The federal executive branch would decide following a referendum voted on through congress

The Fugitive Slave act made it to where judges earned more money for "returning" slaves rather than freeing them. How is this problematic for slaves and abolitionists? What reaction would the North have?

What famous Novel had shown the evils of slavery, and thus influenced many Northerners and Mid-Westerners to join the Abolitionist cause?

• Uncle Jim's Cabin by Harriet Tubman

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

• Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington

• Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

A wide array of events are beginning to drive Sectionalism, splitting the nation in half. What is the common theme underlying all the events?

• Party Rivalries are becoming so fierce that they are intentionally being divisive

• The issue of Tariffs, which drove the Nullification Crisis, is splitting the country along economic lines

• The argument of whether the U.S. should stand for slavery, or for freedom

• Because of the rapid population growth America is struggling with how to preserve its resources