Unit 4 Essay: A Nation Divided

DBQ: The issue of territorial expansion sparked considerable debate in the period 1800-1855. Analyze this debate and evaluate the influence of both supporters and opponents of territorial expansion in shaping federal government policy. Use the documents and your knowledge of the years 1800-1855 in your answer. (2010)FRQ: Analyze the ways in which controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the coming of the Civil War. Confine your answer to the period 1845-1861. (2010)FRQ: Analyze the political, economic, and religious tensions between immigrant Roman Catholics and native-born Protestants in the United States from the 1830’s through the 1850’s. (2009)FRQ: Analyze the social, political, and economic forces of the 1840’s and the early 1850’s that led to the emergence of the Republican Party. (2009)FRQ: In what ways and to what extent was industrial development from 1800 to 1860 a factor in the relationship between the northern and the southern states? (2006)DBQ: In the early nineteenth century, American sought to resolve their political disputes through compromise, yet by 1860 this no longer seemed possible. Analyze the reasons for this change. Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1820-1860 to in constructing your response. (2005) FRQ: To what extent did the debates about the Mexican War and its aftermath reflect the sectional interests of New Englanders, westerners, and southerners in the period from 1845 to 1855? (2005)

FRQ: Analyze the effectiveness of political compromise in reducing sectional tensions in the period 1820-1861. (2004)