Dr. Thomas R. Maddux

The Triumphant South 

I. Unsettling Settlement 

A. Fugitive Slave act 

B. Lincoln and slavery 

C. Southern secessionists 

II. Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 

A. Origins 

B. Lincoln and Republicans 

C. Civil War in Kansas 

D. Election of 1856 

III. Dred Scott decision 

IV. Decision in Kansas in 1858