This reading will focus on the events and political environment leading up to the Civil War, with special attention being paid to the role of slavery in the US Government and Westward Expansion
Dred Scott
Uncle Tom's Cabin
John Brown's Raid
Missouri Compromise
Popular Sovereignty
Border Ruffians and Jayhawks
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Election of 1860
Southern Secession
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