Part 46 (1/2)
Why?
_b_. What candidates were named? What policy did each uphold?
_c_. How had the demands of the Southerners concerning slavery increased?
_d_. What third party was formed? By whom? What does the name show?
---- 372, 373.--_a_. What was the result of the election?
_b_. What was there peculiar in Lincoln's election?
_c_. Were the Southern states in any particular danger?
_d_. Why should the Southerners have felt so strongly about this election? What was their hope in threatening secession?
----374, 375.--_a_ Give arguments for and against secession. In what other question similar to this had South Carolina led?
_b_. Were the people of the South generally in favor of secession?
_c_. What compromise did Buchanan suggest? What do you think of the wisdom of the plan?
_d_. Explain carefully the points in Crittenden's plan. Discuss its value.
---- 376, 377.--_a_ Could one state dissolve the Union? _b_. What other states followed South Carolina?
_c_. What government was formed by them? What two points were especially emphasized in their const.i.tution? Why these?
---- 378, 379.--_a_. What statement did Davis make as to Lincoln? Was it true or false? Give your reasons.
_b_. Why did Davis advocate war on Northern soil?
_c_. Why was there such hesitation in the North? State the opinions of Scott, Greeley, and Buchanan.
_d_. What would Jackson probably have done had he been President?
GENERAL QUESTIONS
_a_. Was the South justified in thinking that the North would yield?
Give ill.u.s.trations to support your view.
_b_. Were the years 1857-61 more or less ”critical” than the years 1783-87? Why?
_c_. How was the South dependent upon the North?
TOPICS FOR SPECIAL WORK