REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR: The reasons for our troubles (1862)

1. Does Douglass trace the nation's calamity to its politics or its character? Why does he make that distinction?

2. What were some of the alternatives for ending the war? Does he advocate the more peaceful solutions? Why or why not?

3. How does he propose to strengthen the Union's military fitness? Would this also strengthen the nation's moral fiber?

4. Does he present a case for seeing the war as a fight for northern instead of southern independence?