show their opposition?

_b_. Had slavery disappeared in the North because people thought that it
was wrong?

Sec.Sec. 324, 325.--_a_. What suggestions were made by some in the North for
the ending of slavery? What do you think of these suggestions?

_b_. For what did Garrison contend, and how did he make his views known?
Why were these views opposed in the North?

Sec. 326.--_a_. Why were the Southerners so alarmed by Nat Turner's
Rebellion?

_b_. What power had Congress over the mails? How would you have voted on
this question?

Sec.Sec. 327, 328.--_a_. Why is the right of petition so important? How is
this right secured to citizens of the United States?

_b_. Why should these petitions be considered as insulting to
slaveholders?

_c_. Why were the Southerners so afraid of any discussion of slavery?

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Sec.Sec. 329, 330.--_a_. Show by the map the extent of the Mexican Republic.

_b_. Why did Texas wish to join the United States? What attitude had
Mexico taken on slavery?

Sec.Sec. 331, 332.--_a_. Explain carefully how the Texas question influenced
the election of 1844.

_b_. What was the Liberty party? How did its formation make the election
of Polk possible?

_c_. What is a "joint resolution"?

Sec. 333.--How did the Mexicans regard the admission of Texas? What dispute
with Mexico arose? Did Mexico begin the war?

Sec.Sec. 334, 335.--_a_. What was the plan of Taylor's campaign? Of Scott's
campaign?

_b_. Mention the leading battles of Taylor's campaign. Of Scott's
campaign.

Sec.Sec. 336, 337.--_a_. What action did the American settlers in California
take? With what result?

_b_. Explain by a map the Mexican cessions of 1848 and 1853.

Sec.Sec. 338, 339.--_a_. What was the extent of Oregon in 1845?

_b_. How was the dispute finally settled? Explain by a map.

_c_. What was the extent of Oregon in 1847? Is it the same to-day?

_d_. Of what value was this region to the United States?

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Sec.Sec. 340, 341.--_a_. Why was there little question whether Oregon would be
slave or free?

_b_. Explain carefully Wilmot's suggestion. What would be the arguments
in Congress for and against this "proviso"?

_c_. What is meant by "squatter sovereignty"? What do you think of the
wisdom and justice of such a plan?

Sec.Sec. 342, 343.--_a_. Describe the discovery of gold in California and the
rush thither. What difference did _one year_ make in the population of
California?