Analyzing Issues Re-create the chart shown here, and explain how the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision undid the Missouri Compromise.

Kansas-Nebraska Act	Dred Scott decision

Cause and Effect What effect do you think the war had on women's views about their status in society?

Discuss the results of the presidential election of 1844 and cite Polk's position on Texas annexation.

Analyzing a Quotation To explain his reelection, Lincoln stated, "It was not best to swap horses while crossing the river." Explain the meaning of Lincoln's quotation and how it applied to him.

Making Inferences Bull Run changed people's perception of the war. From this reaction, what can you infer about the way people on both sides viewed the war before Bull Run?

Explain the reasons for the war between the United States and Mexico.

Identify two differences between the economic systems of the North and the South.

Study the illustration of Harpers Ferry on page 169. Then answer the questions that follow.

What mood or feeling is communicated in this illustration?

Distinguish Northern and Southern reactions to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Study the map of the final campaigns of the Civil War. Then answer the questions that follow.

Location In what state is Appomattox located?

Explain the strategy that Grant adopted to defeat the Confederacy.

Name two important events in the Texas independence movement.

List three rivals to American settlers for Western lands.

Discuss the Battle of Gettsyburg and state why the battle was significant to the Union and Confederacy.