Imagine that you are researching the effects of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin. Write down five questions that would help you focus your research on this topic. The questions should point you to areas where you need to find more information about the influence of Stowe's book.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

Draw Conclusions about the Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed in 1854, allowed the people of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether slavery would be allowed according to the principle of popular sovereignty. Write a paragraph explaining what led to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what the act's main goals were, and evaluating whether the act achieved those goals.

(a} Recall What parts of the Compromise of 1850 were included to please the North?

(b} Draw Conclusions Why do you think northerners were still not satisfied?

Complete these sentences so they clearly show your understanding of the key terms.

Many northerners would not report fugitives, who were _____- .

Analyze Causes What did southerners want Congress to do about enslaved people who had fled to the North?

Complete these sentences so they clearly show your understanding of the key terms.

The status of new western territories would be decided by popular sovereignty, which is ___________.

{a} List What were the main issues that led to Henry Clay's proposed compromise?

{b} Detect Points of View Write a sentence describing how you would feel about the need to compromise if you were a member of Congress from the North.

{a} Recall What was the Wilmot Proviso?

{b} Analyze Cause and Effect Did the Wilmot Proviso successfully address the nation's divisions over slavery? What effect did it have on the nation?

Complete these sentences so they clearly show your understanding of the key terms.

If southern states seceded from the Union, then ________ .

What was the Wilmot Proviso?

Based on what you have read in this section, write a thesis statement for an essay explaining why the election of Abraham Lincoln caused the South to secede.

(a) Summarize What was the Supreme Court 's verdict in the Dred Scott case?

(b) Detect Points of View How do you think Harriet Beecher Stowe reacted to the verdict?

(a) Recall Why did Senator Stephen Douglas introduce the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

(b) Understand Sequence How did the events in Kansas demonstrate the unrest that would eventually take shape throughout the nation?