Notes
Slide Show
Outline
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A House Dividing
  • Controversy
    • New Territories., Old Questions
    • Election of 1848
    • California
    • The Great Debate
  • Conflict
    • Kansas-Nebraska Act
    • Rise of the Republicans
    • “Bleeding Kansas”
    • Dred Scott Decision
    • Lincoln Douglas Debates
  • Crisis
    • John Brown’s Raid
    • Election of 1860
    • First Fire
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Controversy
  • New Territories, Old Questions
    • Wilmot Proviso
    • Calhoun Resolutions
    • Popular Sovereignty
  • Election of 1848
3
Controversy
  • California
    • Gold Rush
    • Statehood Question
  • The Great Debate
    • Compromise of 1850
    • Sectional Strains
4
Conflict
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • Rise of the Republicans
    • Collapse of the Whigs
    • The Know-Nothings
    • The Republicans
    • Election of 1856
  • “Bleeding Kansas”
    • Lawrence
    • Brooks-Sumner Episode
    • Pottawatomie Massacre
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Conflict
  •  The Dred Scott Decision
  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates
    • Abraham Lincoln
    • The Debates
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Crisis
  • John Brown’s Raid
    • Raid on Harpers Ferry
    • Aftermath
  • Election of 1860
    • Democratic Division
    • Lincoln’s Victory
    • Secession
    • Attempts at Compromise
  • First Fire