By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Describe John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry and its results
Analyze the results of the election of 1860

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Explain the contested issues that led to the Compromise of 1850
Describe and analyze the reactions to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Explain the importance of the Supreme Court's Dred Scott ruling
Discuss the principles of the Republican Party as expressed by Abraham Lincoln in 1858

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Explain the political ramifications of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Describe the founding of the Republican Party