Table of Contents:
  • The National Setting
  • A Way of Life
  • The Rural Depression, 1800-1832
  • By the Sweat of their Faces
  • The Cotton Kingdom Rises
  • The Northern Attack on Slavery
  • The Southern Defense of Slavery
  • Slavery and Expansion
  • The Politicians and Slavery
  • Political Revolt
  • The First Crisis
  • The Union on Trial
  • The Northwest Gets Excited
  • Sectional Reactions to Events
  • Building the Republican Party
  • The Last Crisis
  • The Breakup of the Union.