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Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2)  Political Cartoon Practice

3)  Reading/Questions/Graded Discussion on John Brown.
a)  Read documents on pages 232-235 in books provided.
b)  Answer short response questions on the top of page 236 first.
c)  Paragraph answer to this question:  "What do you think of John Brown?  Was he an American terrorist or a brave abolitionist hero to be admired?"
d)  Graded Discussion


4)  Homework:  James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2 (Pages 153-169).
Focus your reading on: a) Election of 1856 (James Buchanan vs. John C. Fremont)  b)  Lecompton Constitution.