Discussion Forum

Discussion Forum
Chapter15
How did the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act reflect sectional tensions? Discuss some of the specific events that led to the secession of the southern states from the union? Was the conflict inevitable?
Chapter 16/17
Although the Thirteenth Amendment did not go into effect until after the war was over, how did the war and Union policies hasten the end of slavery? How and why did Republicans in Congress take control of Reconstruction? What was the crisis of 1877 and what implications did its resolution have for Reconstruction in the South and civil rights for African-Americans? If any of you would like to discuss the film, Lincoln, you may do so here.