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APUSH Chapter 16 - The South and the Slavery Controversy (1793-1860)

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Welcome to Period 5 (1844-1877). This Unit covers the causes and effects of the Civil War and the resulting Reconstruction period.

In the interest of time, we are only covering the first half of Chapter 16. This reading covers the Antebellum Era, which is a fancy word for the time period leading up to the Civil War (so think causation).

As always, "Focus Questions" should guide your reading and notes, but you do not necessarily have to explicitly answer them.
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Question 2
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As used in line 6 of this section, "rested" most nearly means

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Let's take a moment to visualize the cotton industry in the United States at the time.

From this:
to this:
requires this:
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Question 6
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The passage indicates that, before the Civil War, Northern attitudes towards free blacks were

Notice how Great Britain abolished slavery in 1834, but the United States would not abolish slavery until 1865.

The road to equality is long and difficult, and going on even today!
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Question 8
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Compare and contrast the historical experience of freed Blacks and enslaved Backs.

Bullet point responses are sufficient so long as you reference specific facts and details from the reading as examples. Your response should identify at least one similarity and one difference in preparation for our class discussion.

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Question 10
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What common ground, if any, lay between these two positions?

In order to earn full credit on this assignment, your response should be in 2-3 complete sentences and reference specific words or phrases from both primary source as examples.

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Question 11
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As used in line 2 of paragraph 3, "inflamed" most nearly means

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Question 12
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Excellent reading! Close out this Chapter by reviewing the "Chapter Summary" and boxing the 5 most important key terms in the space provided.

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Question 13
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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?

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As a result of the introduction of the cotton gin,

Question 3
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It can be reasonably inferred that members of the planter aristocracy

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

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Most of the large majority of Southern whites who did not own slaves nonetheless supported the slave system partly because they

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The passage indicates that the increase of the enslaved population in early nineteenth century United States was largely due to

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Slaves were denied an education because