The Road to Secession
Bleeding Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, and the rise of the Republican Party.
Key Questions
- 1How did "popular sovereignty" lead to violence in the territories?
- 2Why did the Dred Scott decision outrage Northerners?
- 3What was the impact of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
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