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Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877

Failure of Compromise

Explain how the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas and the Dred Scott decision deepened the slavery crisis and broke the Whig-Democrat party system.

Topic 5.6 · 14 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01The Kansas-Nebraska Act reopens the West
  2. 02Bleeding Kansas
  3. 03Dred Scott: the Court tries to settle it
  4. 04The Second Party System breaks apart
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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