-How effective, or ineffective, were each of the following 3 "militant abolitionists": David Walker, William L. Garrison, Nat Turner; which of the 3 was the most effective in your view; and why so?

-Describe the following 4 mid-19th century national events:

"1850 Compromise" law

1854, Kansas-Nebraska Act law,

1856, Dred Scott Supreme Court case

1859, John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid/revolt

-How did any 1 of these 4 events, contribute to 11 southern slavery states' secession from the U.S.A., and sparking the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865)?

-Explain why the following 3 events also helped spark the slavery-ending Civil War:

The "Underground Railroad"; Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; and the 1860 election of Republican President Abraham Lincoln.

-After exploring the issues leading up to the U.S. Civil War, what questions or wonderments remain in our mind?