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Unit 8 Bell Work

Chapter 15 Reading Objectives and Notes

Timeline Terms - Chapter 15



Throughout this unit, we'll be examining the decision to go to war as a means to settle the sectional divide in the United States once and for all. In class, we'll be debating the question "Could the US be a unified nation with the existence of slavery in some portions of the nation?" Many compromises were attempted, but all of those failed. Were there any other possible solutions to the sectional crisis other than war?

One person who goes through a transformation of ideology on this topic is Abraham Lincoln. When running for office in 1860, he ran on a campaign of tolerating slavery as it existed in the South, but prohibiting slavery's expansion into the territories. Yet, early on in the war, President Lincoln changes his tune, so to speak, and in 1863, he issued the [|Emancipation Proclamation.] Why did this change of heart take place on this issue?

We'll be considering those questions, along with others, as we proceed throughout this unit.

Unit 8 FRQ Sample Responses

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