Conflict and Compromise in the Antebellum Era
A Document-Based Question
By David Garbowski
History 530A, Fall 2002
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This question is based on the accompanying documents (1-7). The
question is designed to test your ability to work with historical
documents. Some of the documents have been edited for the purposes of the
question. As you analyze the documents, take into account the source of
each document and any point of view that may be presented in the document.
Historical Context:
The Antebellum era was marked by conflict and compromise between the North
and the South that eventually erupted into the Civil War.
Task: Using information from the documents and your
knowledge of United
States history, answer the questions that follow each document in Part A.
Your answers to the questions will help you write the Part B essay, in
which you will be asked to:
- Identify the source of conflict.
- Discuss and evaluate each side's arguments.
- Discuss two specific acts of legislation concerning the conflict
between the two groups.
- Show how this conflict led to the Civil War.
Part A
Short-Answer Questions
Directions: Analyze the documents and answer the short-answer
questions that follow each document in the space provided.
Document 1
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That in all that territory ceded by
France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north
of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included
within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act, slavery and
in-voluntary servitude is hereby, for-ever prohibited.
Missouri Compromise, 1820
1. According to the document, what did the Missouri Compromise do? [1]
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