SECTIONALISM

Topics: the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Brooks and Sumner, John Brown, the election of 1860. Sources: political cartoons titled "Practical Illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law," "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler," "Southern Chivalry—Argument Versus Clubs," and "The Political Quadrille: Music by Dred Scott," and a painting depicting John Brown’s march from the courthouse to his execution.