Uh Oh--Civil War

All the compromises were designed to avoid the issue of slavery, and ultimately Civil War--why was our country so afraid of a war between the North and South?

The Reality of Compromise

Following the Kansas-Nebraska Act (and the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850), was it possible to avoid Civil War? What would you have done if you were the leader of our country and had to find a way to maintain a reasonable relationship between the North and the South? Could anything more be done?

Missouri Compromise

Please share a website which provides thorough understanding of the Missouri Compromise, and its effects at the time and in the following years. Provide one fact about the Missouri Compromise that you never knew and found especially interesting. Why was this website so helpful? What makes a website informative and helpful to you?

Why Can't We Be Friends?

We are starting to understand what Thomas Jefferson meant in 1776 when he wrote "all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence. What kind of meaning do those words have in today's society? Are we closer to a world in which "all men are created equal?"--Really?