HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877
Lecture 08 - Dred Scott, Bleeding Kansas, and the Impending Crisis of the Union, 1855-58. Professor Blight continues his march through the political events of the 1850s. He continues his description of the aftermath of
the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, describing the guerilla war that reigned in the territory of Kansas for much of 1856. The lecture continues, describing the caning of Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the US Senate and
the birth of the Republican party. The lecture concludes with the near-victory of Republican candidate John C. Fremont in the presidential election of 1856, and the passage of the Dred Scott decision in 1857.
(from oyc.yale.edu)
Lecture 08 - Dred Scott, Bleeding Kansas, and the Impending Crisis of the Union, 1855-58
Time
Lecture Chapters
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1. Introduction: The Passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
[00:07:43]
2. The Early Republican Party
[00:21:32]
3. Bleeding Kansas and the Beating of Charles Sumner
[00:37:31]
4. Fremont's Near-Victory and the Failure of the Lecompton Constitution