1857–1861: The South Prepares to Secede
- Dred Scott's bid for freedom
- North-South tensions grow
- Lincoln challenges Douglas
- The Lincoln-Douglas debates
- John Brown leads the raid at Harpers Ferry
- Brown's death further divides America
- The 1860 presidential campaign
- Lincoln wins the election
- South Carolina secedes, other Southern states follow
- Words to Know
- People to Know
- Stephen Douglas, "The Little...
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