_b_. What attitude did California take on the slavery question? Why?

Sec.Sec. 344, 345.--_a_. How had the question of slavery already divided the
country?

_b_. What extreme parties were there in the North and the South?

_c_. Why was the question about the territories so important?

_d_. What action did President Taylor take? Why? What do you think of
the wisdom of this policy?

Sec.Sec. 346, 347.--_a_. State the provisions of Clay's compromise plan. Which
of these favored the North? The South?

_b_. What law had been made as to fugitive slaves? Why had it not been
enforced? Why was the change made in 1850 so important?

_c_. How would you have acted had you been a United States officer
called to carry out the Fugitive Slave Law?

Sec. 348.--_a_. Who was Mrs. Stowe? What view did she take of slavery?

_b_. Were there any good points in the slave system?

_c_. Why is this book so important?

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Sec.Sec. 349-351.--_a_. Who were the candidates in 1852? Who was chosen? Why?

_b_. What doctrine did Douglas apply to Kansas and Nebraska?

_c_. Why did Chase call this bill "a violation of faith"?

_d_. Was Douglas a patriot? Chase? Sumner? Pierce?

Sec. 352.--_a_. Give an account of the early life and training of Abraham
Lincoln.

_b_. What did he think of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Sec.Sec. 353, 354.--_a_. What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the
settlement of Kansas?

_b_. Describe the election. Do you think that laws made by a legislature
so elected were binding?

_d_. Explain the difference in the attitude of the Senate and House on
the Kansas question.

Sec.Sec. 355, 356.--_a_. How was the Republican party formed? _b_. Were its
principles like or unlike those of the Republican party of Jefferson's
time? Give your reasons.

Sec. 357.--_a_. What rights did the Supreme Court declare a slave could not
possess? Was a slave a person or a thing?

_b_. What power does the Constitution give Congress over a territory?
(Art. IV, Sec. 3.)

Sec. 358.--_a_. Explain carefully the quotations from Lincoln's speeches.

_b_. Was the doctrine of popular sovereignty necessarily favorable to
slavery? Give illustrations to support your reasons.

_c_. Was Douglas's declaration in harmony with the decision of the
Supreme Court?

Sec.Sec. 359, 360.--_a_. Compare the attitude of Douglas and Buchanan upon the
admission of Kansas.

_b_. Describe John Brown's raid. Was he a traitor?

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