1	One Nation, Now Divided Differences Between the North and the South Differing Economies and Lifestyles Differing Political Views Slavery:America’s Peculiar Institution How Slaves Were Acquired The Northern Viewpoint The Southern Viewpoint Treatment of Slaves Black Responses to Conditions on Plantations Final Eruptions on the Slavery Issue Uncle Tom’s Cabin The Kansas-Nebraska Act The Founding of the Republican Party The Dred Scott Decision Loss of Compromisers John Brown:Slavery’s Avenger
2	One Nation, Now Divided. Cont The Election of 1860 and Secession A Republican Victory The Confederacy Takes Shape Fort Sumter and War Firing on Fort Sumter The Call for Troops Northern Advantages Why the South Stood a Chance
3	Differences Between North and South Differing Economies and Lifestyles In the South In the North Differing Political Views Government Education Taxes Upsetting the Balance Tariff Slavery
4	Slavery: America’s Peculiar Institution How Slaves Were Acquired The Northern Viewpoint The Southern Viewpoint Treatment of Slaves Black Responses to Conditions on Plantations The Underground Railroad Slave Rebellions Black Leaders Against Slavery
5	Final Eruptions on the Slavery Issue Uncle Tom’s Cabin The Kansas-Nebraska Act The Founding of the Republican Party The Dred Scott Decision Loss of the Compromisers John Brown: Slavery’s Avenger
6	The Election of 1860 and Secession A Republican Victory The Confederacy Takes Shape
7	Fort Sumter and War Firing on Fort Sumter The Call for Troops Northern Advantages Why the South Stood a Chance