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The Dred Scott Decision
With the election of James Buchanan in 1856, the incoming administration sought to reconcile differences over the slavery issue. However, a Supreme Court decision would have just the opposite effect.
• the dred scott decision
• slavery
• civil war
• south
• north
The Presidency of James Buchanan
Despite a successful political road leading up to becoming President, Buchanan was forced to face some of the worst crises America has ever seen; a ask at which he failed
• president james buchanan
• kansas-nebraska act
• dred scott decision
• chief justice roger b. taney
• lecompton constitution
The Rise of Abraham Lincoln
Beginning in 1847, Abraham Lincoln entered national politics, and quickly made a name for himself for his personal convictions and blunt honesty.
• politics of abraham lincoln
• history of the republican party
• lincoln-douglas debates
• presidential election of 1860
• american civil war