Answer the following critical thinking questions using complete sentences that support your conclusions from the chapter text (4 points each): 1. Why would Americans view the Compromise of 1850 as a final solution to the sectional controversy that began with the Wilmot Proviso in 1846? 2. If you were a proslavery advocate, how would you feel about the platform of the newly formed Republican Party? 3. Based on the text of the Lincoln/Douglas debates, what was the position of the Republican Party in 1858? Was the Republican Party an abolitionist party? Why or why not? 4. John Brown is often described as a terrorist. Do you agree with this description? Why or why not? What attributes might make him fit this profile? Here is the website where the book is located. just scroll down to chapter 14. http://www.sweethaven02.com/openstax/USHistory-LR.pdf Also, this is junior level in high school, please dumb the paper down a bit. You can use direct quotes by just putting them in quotes and adding page number at the end like this. …” (389). You can cite everything by just putting page number at the end. Please make sure the citation pages are correct and that you don’t plagiarize as the teacher is super picky. 🙂
