An Outline of American History (1990)

Chapter Five: Sectional conflict

Table of Contents

Sectional conflict

1. Sectional conflict: introduction
2. Slavery hardens into the economy
3. Debate over slavery mounts
4. Civil conflict draws nearer
5. The split grows deeper
6. Lincoln attacks slavery
7. Civil War begins
8. Bloody battles in East and West
9. The tide peaks and ebbs
10. "With malice toward none"
11. Opposing views on Reconstruction
12. The war's aftermath