Suppose you were just hired as a producer on the PBS Show “History Detectives” and your first assignment is to decide the topic for the next episode. What topic would you choose? What question would drive your historical inquiry? How should your team plan to investigate the question throughout the episode and, in turn, answer it?

Match these items. 1 . stephen douglas published "north star" 2 . frederick douglass first african slaves arrived in jamestown 3 . crittenden compromise proposed kansas-nebraska act 4 . republican party extend 36° 30' line to california 5 . abolitionists servitude in exchange for passage to the united states 6 . indentured struggle between proslavery and antislavery groups 7 . jefferson davis formed to prevent spread of slavery 8 . "bleeding kansas" wanted slavery abolished 9 . uncle tom's cabin president of confederacy 10 . 1619 harriet beecher stowe