Sectional tension in the 1850s (K-A)

Bleeding Kansas (K-A)

Dred Scott v. Sandford (K-A)

Dred Scott, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and the election of 1860 (K-A)

Early abolition (K-A)

Life for enslaved men and women (K-A)

Manifest Destiny (K-A)

Sectional conflict: Regional differences (K-A)

The Compromise of 1850 (K-A)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act and party realignment (K-A)

The slave economy (K-A)

Uncle Tom's Cabin – influence of the Fugitive Slave Act (K-A)

Uncle Tom's Cabin – plot and analysis (K-A)

Uncle Tom's Cabin – reception and significance (K-A)