Chapter 14: The Sectional Crisis

Chapter 14: The Sectional Crisis focuses on:
 * The Compromise of 1850
 * Political changes
 * Sectionalism and North/South conflict

Section Headings

 * 1) Introduction: Brooks Assaults Sumner in Congress (389)
 * 2) The Compromise of 1850 (390)
 * 3) The Problem of Slavery in the Mexican Cession (390)
 * 4) The Wilmot Proviso Launches the Free-Soil Movement (390)
 * 5) Squatter Sovereignty and the Election of 1848 (391)
 * 6) Taylor Takes Charge (392)
 * 7) Forging a Compromise (393)
 * 8) Political Upheaval, 1852-1856 (395)
 * 9) The Party System in Crisis (395)
 * 10) The Kansas-Nebraska Act Raises a Storm (396)
 * 11) An Appeal to Nativism: The Know-Nothing Episode (398)
 * 12) Kansas and the Rise of the Republicans (400)
 * 13) Sectional Division in the Election of 1856 (401)
 * 14) The House Divided, 1857-1860 (402)
 * 15) Cultural Sectionalism (402)
 * 16) The Dred Scott Case (403)
 * 17) The Lecompton Controversy (404)
 * 18) Debating the Morality of Slavery (405)
 * 19) The South's Crisis of Fear (408)
 * 20) The Election of 1860 (410)
 * 21) Conclusion: Explaining the Crisis (411)