1. Slavery Economics Politics

2.  Denmark Vessey 1822  Nat Turner  Wilmot Proviso  Frederick Douglas  Popular Sovereignty  Compromise of 1850  Uncle Tom’s Cabin  Harriet Beecher Stowe

3.  Kansas – Nebraska act  Stephen Douglas  Popular Sovereignty  Anger over failure of Missouri Compromise  Bleeding Kansas  Republican Party  John Brown

4.  Dred Scott Decision  Property vs Human  Lincoln – Douglas Debate, Election of 1858

5.  John Brown and Harper’s Ferry South and Tariffs  North and Slavery  Election of 1860  Douglas, Lincoln, Bell and Breckenridge  Lincoln Wins  South succeeds, Buchanan does nothing.