Nationalism/Sectionalism

The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed as part of the  Compromise of 1850  between  Southern   slave holding  interests and...

The 1860 Democratic National Convention was one of the crucial events in the lead-up to the  American Civil War . Following a fragmented off...

The Compromise of 1877 refers to a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed  1876 U.S. Presidential election  and ended ...