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This includes newspaper editorials on four important events from the 1850s:DISCUSSION TOPIC: COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR
THE MISSION
The purpose of this small exercise is to provide you with the opportunity to read some primary historical sources dealing with the events leading up to the Civil War.
THE TASK
1.
Go to the
Secession
Era Editorials Project at
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This includes newspaper editorials on four important events from the 1850s:
Kansas-Nebraska Bill (1854)
Caning Of Charles Sumner (1856)
Dred Scott Case (1857)
Read at least four short articles on each topic, including at least two from Southern sources and two from Northern sources.
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Briefly review the 1860 Election cartoons included at
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