The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
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Bleeding Kansas (1855-1856)
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)
John Brown's Raid (1859)
Key events summary
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Vocabulary
Unit 5 topics
Unit 5 overview5.1Contextualizing Period 55.10Reconstruction5.11Failure of Reconstruction5.12Comparison in Period 55.13Causation in Period 55.2Manifest Destiny5.3The Mexican-American War5.4The Compromise of 18505.5Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences5.6Failure of Compromise5.7Election of 1860 and Secession5.8Military Conflict in the Civil War5.9Government Policies During the Civil War