§§ 324, 325.--a. What suggestions were made by some in the North for the ending of slavery? What do you think of these suggestions?
b. For what did Garrison contend, and how did he make his views known? Why were these views opposed in the North?
§ 326.--a. Why were the Southerners so alarmed by Nat Turner's Rebellion?
b. What power had Congress over the mails? How would you have voted on this question?
§§ 327, 328.--a. Why is the right of petition so important? How is this right secured to citizens of the United States?
b. Why should these petitions be considered as insulting to slaveholders?
c. Why were the Southerners so afraid of any discussion of slavery?
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§§ 329, 330.--a. Show by the map the extent of the Mexican Republic.
b. Why did Texas wish to join the United States? What attitude had Mexico taken on slavery?