Westward Expansion, Slavery, & Secession

War, compromise, violence on the floor of the senate, blood on the frontier, then war again. We discuss how slavery and westward expansion put the Nation on the road to civil war.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:21 Background
• 4:48 Texas
• 7:09 The Mexican-American War
• 12:33 Regional Philosophies
• 20:45 Wilmot Proviso
• 22:07 Compromise of 1850
• 26:00 Kansas-Nebraska
• 30:12 Bleeding Kansas
• 37:32 Dred Scott
• 42:46 Lincoln and the West
• 46:05 Secession and War
• 48:53 Conclusion