A Hell of a Storm - The Impending Crisis of the Union [1850 to 1854]
The chaotic forces of expansion into the western territories and the divisive issue of slavery dominate the rancorous debates of Antebellum America.
Review|Compromise of 1820
California Statehood|Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act|Version 2.0
Harriet Beecher Stowe|Uncle Tom's Cabin|1853
Kansas-Nebraska Act|1854
Bleeding Kansas|1854-1855