Ayers Chapter 13 Review
"Broken Bonds" (1855-1861)

Terms

Walker, William
fire-eaters
Bleeding Kansas
Dred Scott case
Lecompton Constitution
Lincoln-Douglas debates
John  Brown's raid
Election of 1860
Fort Sumter


Questions to Consider

1) How did the conflict in Kansas develop?
2) What wre the main  conclusions of the Dred Scott decision?
3) Identify the arguments by each candidate in the Lincoln-Douglas debates
4) How did Lincoln's election in 1860 accelerate the division between North and South