What principles does the Constitutional Union Party promote?
Students will read the primary texts and then answer the questions for each source. The questions are designed to show points of agreement or disagreement between the two figures in regard to the federal union, the Constitution, and the future of American slavery. The task of each group will be to read the information in the documents, discuss the questions, and come to a group consensus on the answers to the questions. Each group will appoint one or two students to speak for the group. After they have been given a sufficient amount of time, they will reassemble as a class and each group will share what it has learned with the rest of the class. Note: All of the speeches and writings used below are also available in the PDF files, along with the accompanying textual analysis worksheets and compare-and-contrast matrices, for downloading, printing and distributing to students. All Groups (1-4) 1. Abraham Lincoln: Political Cartoon. Have all students read the following documents and answe
