This is the story of America dividing along north/south lines, as slave states and free states become more and more hostile to one another. Expansion into the new territories acquired in the previous chapter, and the desire to connect the east to the west, increase the already-there tensions until, after the election of Lincoln, southern states break away to form their own country, the Confederate States of America. When Lincoln refuses to allow that to happen, war breaks out between the Union and the Confederacy.
 
Reading:

• Outline: Chapter 6
• Johnson: Part 3, “The Ideology of the North-South Battle”; Part 4, the first 6 sections (through “Jefferson Davis…”)
• Zinn: Chapter 9, until the War starts

 
Questions (for each, note what each author has to say):

1. What is the California Crisis, and what are the consequences?
2. What is the Kansas Crisis, and what are the consequences?
3. Why does the South leave/fight? Why does the North fight?

Select a religion that is not your own and interview a person of that faith. If possible, visit a place of worship and interview a person of that institution. As an alternative, the interview may be conducted by telephone, written communication (e.g., email exchange) or, web/video conference.
 
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word informative paper on world religions.
 
Compare your selected religion with the other religions studied in this class.
 

• What characteristics does your chosen religions share with the others? What makes it unique?
• How is religion in general, and your chosen religions specifically, responding to challenges of the modern world

How did the depiction of women change in Mexican art in the 1920’s and 1930’s? How did the depiction of women change in Mexican art in the 1920’s and 1930’s?