The Coming of the Civil War

Political

Struggles over Slavery
The Executive Branch
The Legislative Branch
Dred Scott V Sandford
1857 Supreme Court decision that declared the Missouri Compromise illegal, reaffirmed slaveholder’s property rights, and denied that Black Americans were United States citizens.

National Security and Foreign Policy

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