1. Q.O.D.-Look at what the Northerners did after they executed John Brown on 408. Why were Southerners outraged at the northern response to John Brown's execution?

2. Students read pages 412 to 413. They stopped at a Nation Splits section on 413.

3. Students watched the first six minutes of a clip on The Election of 1860

4. In groups of 3, students argued for whether or not S. Carolina had the right to secede from the union. Responses should be 4-5 or 5-6 sentences long. 1 student presented on this topic from each group.