1. Abraham Lincoln - Slavery and Race
... led to more radical views on the expansion of slavery into federal territories. This act replaced the 36' 30' Line from the Missouri Compromise of 1820, to the idea that popular sovereignty could be decided into which state would come in as a free state or a slave state. This ended the containment of slavery to the southern states as now slavery could ... which focused on the central question of further expansion of slavery, but also between blacks and whites and the future of race relations while adhering to the Constitution itself. In most instances Douglas would claim that Lincoln wa...
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- Grade Level: Graduate