1. DBQ Causes of the Civil War Due: November 30, 2016
Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction with a claim, several paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Use evidence from at least four documents in your essay considering: context, audience, purpose, and points of view.
Support your claim with relevant facts, examples, and details.
Include additional outside information in a “setting the scene” paragraph to add relevant historical context to your
DBQ essay discussion.

4. Document 2
(1)
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5. Document 3a Document 3b (1) (1)
Based on information in this table, identify one significant trend
regarding slavery in Southern states for the time period (1)
(1)

6. Document 4a
Document 4b
Document 4c
Document 4d

7. Document 5
(1)

8. (1) (1) Based on these authors’ opinions (points of view) expressed
Document 6a
Based on these authors’ opinions (points of view) expressed
in these documents, what was one effect the 1857 Dred Scott
Supreme Court decision had on sectional division over slavery ?
(1)
Document 6b
Based on these authors’ opinions (points of view) expressed
in these documents, what was one effect the 1857 Dred Scott
Supreme Court decision had on the legal status of slavery?
Document 6c
(1)

9. Document 7
(1)

10. (1) (1) Document 8a Document 8b
Based on this statement from President Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address,
March 4, 1861, what was President Lincoln’s political position (PoV) regarding the
issue of Civil War?
When President Lincoln made this speech in March of 1861, which step toward civil war had already taken place ?
(1)
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11. Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction with a claim, several paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Use evidence from at least four documents in your essay considering: context, audience, purpose, and points of view.
Support your claim with relevant facts, examples, and details.
Include additional outside information in a “setting the scene” paragraph to add relevant historical context to your
DBQ essay discussion.