One American Journey, CHAPTER 14 Assignments/Activities, history homework help

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INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES (IA):15 Points. A. 1-3 (5), B (3). C.1-2 (5). E (2)

PARAGRAPH RESPONSES (PR): 15 Points  D.

  1. One
    American Journey,     Letter from
    Harriet Beecher Stowe, p. 367.
    1. According to our text, what two events
      moved Stowe to become an abolitionist?
    2. How did her experience at losing her
      son to cholera in 1849 provide her with motivation to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
    3. Review Chapt 12, pp 334-335.  Explain the connection women’s rights
      advocates felt with the Abolitionists movement.
  1. Table
    14-1, p.     391. The
    population comparison is well know. 
    However, there are other significant contrasts between North and
    South in 1860.  Cite the three most
    glaring contrasts as reflected here.
  1.  Chaffey Library eRes. William Lloyd Garrison. Answer
    questions 1-2.
    1. What
      are Garrison’s observations regarding public sentiment about slavery in America?
    2. How
      does Garrison justify his bold stand on slavery and his proposal for
      immediate abolition?
  1. Overview,
    The Emerging Sectional Crisis Wilmot Proviso 1846 to LeCompton     Consitution 1857. This document
    is found on our Moodle page with Chapter 14 Assignments. Choose the three
    most critical issues in the growing sectional crisis.  Defend your choices in a paragraph for
    each.
  1. Map
    14-2, p. 381..     Answer briefly, why did Northerners feel the Kansas
    Nebraska Act betrayed the Missouri Compromise?