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Review sectional and regional differences in pre-Civil War America, covering the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the events that led to Southern secession. This APUSH study session walks you through the political con ...more

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units
Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
topics
Sectional and Regional Differences5.4 The Compromise of 18505.5 Sectional Conflict5.6 Failure of Compromise5.7 Election of 1860 and SecessionRoad to the Civil WarSectional and Regional DifferencesRoad to the Civil War

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  • 0:00

    Introduction to Sectional Differences

  • 0:42

    Importance for AP Test

  • 2:59

    Missouri Compromise Overview

  • 5:50

    Defining Popular Sovereignty

  • 7:32

    Stephen Douglas Introduction

  • 9:19

    California Statehood Issues

  • 10:23

    California as Free State

  • 13:00

    Election of 1848

  • 18:30

    Compromise of 1850

  • 22:35

    Fugitive Slave Law Details

  • 27:53

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Impact

  • 31:08

    Impending Crisis Book

  • 32:10

    Election of 1852

  • 33:45

    Gadsden Purchase

  • 34:17

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • 36:57

    Bleeding Kansas Conflict

  • 38:00

    John Brown Raid

  • 45:05

    Brooks-Sumner Incident

  • 47:39

    Election of 1856

  • 48:41

    Dred Scott Case

  • 50:17

    Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  • 51:20

    Election of 1860

  • 53:24

    Southern Secession

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