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American History: Outlines: A Divided Nation

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This page from the American Revolution Project of the University of Groningen discusses how the 1850s were a time of conflicting ideas between North and South regarding the expansion of slavery. Scroll down to the third paragraph and read about how the Compromise of 1850 superseded the Missouri Compromise and how Stephen Douglas's proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act enraged Northerners.

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Concepts
popular sovereignty, slavery, westward expansion, abraham lincoln, dred scott, uncle tom's cabin
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expansion of slavery, free states, slave states, compromise of 1850, kansas-nebraska act, missouri compromise, bleeding kansas, dred scott decision, from revolution to reconstruction, salmon p. chase, stephen douglas, whig party, william a. seward, a nation divided (1848-60)
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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