Shaping America : U.S. history to 1877. Lesson 20, Irrepressible conflicts /

Irrepressible Conflicts examines how the persistence of slavery dashed any hopes that the Compromise of 1850 might settle sectional differences between north and south. Abolitionists and slave catchers dramatized the moral issue involved with the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act and D...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Dyer, Julia (Producer, Director)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: Dallas, TX : Dallas County Community College District, 2001
Series:Academic Video Online
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Summary:Irrepressible Conflicts examines how the persistence of slavery dashed any hopes that the Compromise of 1850 might settle sectional differences between north and south. Abolitionists and slave catchers dramatized the moral issue involved with the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act and Dred Scott decision led to irrepressible conflicts.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed August 18, 2015).
Physical Description:1 online resource (28 min.)
Playing Time:00:27:59
Language:In English.