1. Can You Answer This? How did the two major political parties change from the Age of Jackson to the end of the 1850’s? Who was Alexis de Tocqueville? Why is he important? What was the issue in the 1844 Philadelphia riots?

2. Can You Answer This? What is the importance of the 1846 Wilmot Proviso? What did Lincoln mean when he said that General Grant understood “the arithmetic”? Why did many northerners oppose abolitionists?

3. Can You Answer This? Who made fiery speeches during the debates in 1850 and what positions did they take? Why is Uncle Tom’s Cabin of historical importance?

4. Which came first? The rejected treaty of annexation with Texas John Tyler becomes president American blood shed on American soil

5. Which came first? The Gold Rush The Compromise of 1850 Uncle Tom’s Cabin

6. Which came first? The Pottawatomie Massacre The Kansas-Nebraska Act Sumner-Brooks

7. Which came first? John Brown’s Raid Election of Lincoln Dred Scott Decision