USH Chapter 18, Part 1: Renewing the Sectional Struggle (1848-1854)

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Welcome to your Chapter 18 reading! As you can see, we have skipped the first few presidential administrations, and are moving towards our next major event: the Civil War.

As always, "Focus Questions" should guide your reading and notes, but you do not necessarily have to explicitly answer them.

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The passage indicates that the American public generally liked popular sovereignty because it

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According to the passage, the Free Soil Party was a direct result of the fact that

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As used in the sentence, "condemned" most nearly means

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According to the text, the event that threatened to destroy the balance between the number of free and slave states was the

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

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It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that the issue of runaway slaves was important to southerners because

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Although the Northerners benefited more from the Compromise of 1850 than the Southerners, the passage indicates that Northerners were most upset about

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

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As used in the text, "abhorrent" most nearly means

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The last sentence in the passage serves mainly to

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Do you have any feedback or questions about the Formative reading or comprehension questions that you want to go over in class?

The passage indicates that the American public generally liked popular sovereignty because it

According to the passage, the Free Soil Party was a direct result of the fact that

As used in the sentence, "condemned" most nearly means 

doomed 

criticized 

accepted 

convicted

According to the text, the event that threatened to destroy the balance between the number of free and slave states was the

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that the issue of runaway slaves was important to southerners because

slaveowners viewed the loss as an attack on their pride and dignity. 

the Underground Railroad might encourage a massive slave rebellion.

the South was losing a significant portion of its labor force.

free blacks were able to prove that slavery was morally wrong.

Although the Northerners benefited more from the Compromise of 1850 than the Southerners, the passage indicates that Northerners were most upset about

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

As used in the text, "abhorrent" most nearly means

frustrating 

obnoxious 

worrisome 

detested 

The last sentence in the passage serves mainly to

the possible expansion of slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories. 