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Digital History

Digital History: Civil War in Kansas [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The Compromise of 1850 did not solve all the slavery issues in the territories, which was not surprising. Read about the Kansas-Nebraska Act, put forth by Sen. Stephan Douglas, who proposed that the issue be decided by popular...
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Other

Republican Party: Our History

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the first few paragraphs of this article to find out about the formation of the Republican Party in 1854 and how it affected the political scene in the last part of the 1850s.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Kansas Nebraska Act

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the essential repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which had established which states could be slave and which would be free for thirty years, with the rancorous passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. See who supported it and why,...
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Digital History

Digital History: Antislavery Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of actions tied to the prohibition of or ending of slavery from the meeting of the Continental Congress in 1774 to John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859.
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: The American Whig Party (1834 1856)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article presents the second part of the history of the Whig Party to find out why the issue of slavery brought about its demise.