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Understand how the Election of 1860 tore the nation apart and triggered the Civil War. This APUSH review walks you through the four-way presidential race, Lincoln's win without Southern support, and the immediate secession crisis that followed. This ...more

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units
Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
topics
5.4 The Compromise of 18505.5 Sectional Conflict5.6 Failure of Compromise5.7 Election of 1860 and Secession5.8 Military Conflict in the Civil War

timestamps

  • 0:00

    Causes of Civil War

  • 0:31

    Brain Dump on Causes

  • 1:33

    Expansion of Slavery

  • 2:37

    Cancer Analogy Explained

  • 3:39

    Slavery as National Cancer

  • 5:21

    Missouri Compromise Overview

  • 5:52

    Louisiana Purchase Impact

  • 6:55

    Balancing Slave States

  • 7:58

    Tallmadge Amendment Details

  • 9:00

    Compromise of 1850

  • 10:03

    California as Free State

  • 11:06

    Popular Sovereignty Concept

  • 12:09

    Fugitive Slave Law

  • 13:19

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • 14:21

    Bleeding Kansas Conflicts

  • 16:27

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

  • 17:30

    Harriet Beecher Stowe

  • 19:37

    Book's Moral Impact

  • 20:40

    John Brown Introduction

  • 21:45

    John Brown's Actions

  • 23:19

    Pottawatomie Massacre

  • 23:51

    Harpers Ferry Raid

  • 25:28

    John Brown's Prophecy

  • 28:10

    Dred Scott Case

  • 29:52

    Supreme Court Ruling

  • 32:57

    Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  • 34:33

    House Divided Speech

  • 36:06

    Election of 1860

  • 38:59

    Lincoln's Victory

  • 41:03

    Democratic Party Split

  • 43:13

    South Carolina Secession

  • 44:48

    Confederate States Formation

  • 45:50

    Start of Civil War

  • 47:34

    Closing Questions Review

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