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Questions For Class Discussion

Questions For Class Discussion
Chapter 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793 - 1860

  1. How did slavery affect whitesthose who owned slaves and those who did not?

  2. How did blacks respond to the condition of slavery?

  3. Why did the South move from viewing slavery as a necessary evil to proclaiming it a positive good?

  4. How effective were the abolitionists in achieving their goals? Did they hasten or delay the end of slavery?

  5. Was Britain being hypocritical by freeing their slaves in the West Indies while openly importing cotton from the slave-owning South? What role, if any, should have other nations taken in America's slave question?

  6. Were basic freedoms jeopardized or forfeited with regards to Congressional action about the question of slavery (Gag Resolution, mail restrictions)? Were the decisions of Congress justified?
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