The American Promise: A History of the United States Fourth Edition CHAPTER 14 The House Divided 1846–1861 Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s Roark Johnson Cohen Stage Hartmann Lawson
The Bitter Fruits of War The Wilmot Proviso and the Expansion of Slavery The Election of 1848 Debate and Compromise
The Sectional Balance Undone The Fugitive Slave Act Uncle Tom’s Cabin The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Realignment of the Party System The Old Parties: Whigs and Democrats The New Parties: Know-Nothings and Republicans The Election of 1856
Freedom under Siege “Bleeding Kansas” The Dred Scott Decision Prairie Republican: Abraham Lincoln The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Union Collapses The Aftermath of John Brown’s Raid Republican Victory in 1860 Secession Winter
Chapter 14 The House Divided: 1846–1861 Map 14.1 The Election of 1848 (p. 479) Map 14.2 The Compromise of 1850 (p. 481) Map 14.3 The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 (p. 487) Map 14.4 Political Realignment, 1848–1860 (p. 491) Map 14.5 The Election of 1860 (p. 504) Figure 14.1 Changing Political Landscape, 1848–1860 (p. 492) Slave shackles (p. 484) Filibustering in Nicaragua (p. 489)