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Nicholas Trist  Winfield Scott  Kansas
Nebraska Act  Fugitive slave
act  Harriet TubmanFrederick
Douglass  John BrownAbraham Lincoln James PolkNat
Turner
secession
of 1860  agrarian
vs. industrial Bull Run, Jefferson DavisRobert E. LeeAnaconda
plan  Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address
war of
attrition  Vicksburg  Gen.Wm. ShermanOutline the following study questions

1. 
Why was compromise no longer possible in 1860 compared to earlier compromises
to postpone secession?
2. 
How did this use of nullification compare to previous examples in US History?
3. 
How did the changing economy through industrialization and global trade change
the political and social agenda in the US?
4. 
Why were abolitionists not more successful?  What changed American
opinions in the 19th century regarding slavery?
5. 
How did Manifest Destiny shape American political and economic actions between
1840-1865?

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