Documenting United States History

264 ChApTEr 1 1 | the Union Undone? | period Five 18 44 –1877

ApplyINg Ap® historical Thinking Skills

sKill review appropriate use of historical evidence

and Contextualization

Answer the following prompt in a complete essay that includes an introduction and support-

ing paragraphs. Incorporate both documents above and any outside information from your

textbook and class notes that help you support your argument:

By the end of the 1850s, the debate over slavery appeared unresolvable. Con-

sidering the documents above and your knowledge of the time period, what

major disagreements about the institution of slavery made these debates seem

unresolvable?

steP 1 Appropriate use of historical evidence

Select the documents that address the disagreements about slavery. Summarize their argu-

ments in the table provided below.

document For slavery? Against slavery?

Doc. 11.1, John C. Calhoun, 1850 Return fugitive slaves

to rightful owners

Doc. 11.2, Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852

Doc. 11.3, Mary Henderson Eastman, 1852

Doc. 11.5, Republican Campaign Song, 1856

Doc. 11.6, Roger B. Taney, 1857

Doc. 11.7, Abraham Lincoln, 1858

steP 2 Contextualization

Contextualize the documents to explain the reasons for differing views on slavery.

document Context Explanations

Doc. 11.1, John C. Calhoun, 1850 Legal, geographic,

political

Doc. 11.2, Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852 Moral

Doc. 11.3, Mary Henderson Eastman, 1852 Moral

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