Dec 25, 2009

American Civil War Almanac | 1800–1858: The North and the South Seek Compromise

Federal authority and states' rights
Missouri Compromise
Slavery and the war with Mexico
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The fight over slavery in "Bleeding Kansas"
Buchanan supports the Lecompton Constitution
Legislation triggers political upheaval
Words to Know
People to Know
John C. Calhoun, the South's Most Powerful Voice

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