For Tuesday, 1/29 read Barney, chapter 3, and know the significance of the following.
A) Why Republicanism grew in the mid 1850s
B) Why Kansas was "bleeding."
C)  The Lecompton government and constitution.
D)  The Brooks-Sumner beating.
E)  Dred Scott decision.
F)"House Divided" speech.
G) How recession of 1857 helped Republican party.
H) John Brown and his raid on Harper's Ferry.
I)  Lincoln's platform in 1860.

Earlier Reading Guides:

 Thursday 1/24, read Barney, chapter 2, and be able to answer the following.
A) Who was  John Calhoun and what was his position on the Union around 1850?
B) What were the key parts of the Compromise of 1850?
C) What were some ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Act?
D) Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, and how did it affect the North?
E) How did prosperity after 1849 change the party system?
F) Immigration became huge in the 1840s. How did the presence of so many Irish Catholics lead to the creation of the "Know Nothing" party? How did that affect the Whig party?
G) What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?  What were its ramifications?
 

1/22   For Barney reading (pp. 23-37) , be able to answer the following:
         A) What economic differences of opinion separated Whigs and Democrats?
         B) What were some of the benefits and pitfalls of expansion?
         C) Define the Wilmot Proviso and know its significance.
         D) Define the "Slave Power" concept and its significance in politics.
         E) What were some highlights of the 1848 election.

Read the McPherson essay (essay 1) also.