Zinn - Chapter 9

Answer the following questions using evidence from Chapter 9 in Zinn's book.

1. What actions did the U.S. government take to support slavery? Do these actions support Zinn's assertion on p. 139 that "Such a government would never accept an end to slavery by rebellion"? Why would the white elite want to determine when and how slavery would end?

2. Lincoln's goal in waging war on the South was to "preserve the Union" by subjugating the South of the northern capital's control. What series of events altered Lincoln's rehtoric to include emancipation as a goal of the war?

DUE 11/26!!!

Chapter 9 - Jacksonian America

Answer the following question:

To what extent was Andrew Jackson inconsistent in his ideology?

Hint: Make sure that you read "Where Historians Diagree".