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Discusses the events leading up to the American Civil War, particularly the strongly held beliefs about the institution of slavery.

As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, historian Adam Goodheart presents an original account of how the Civil War began. 1861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. Early in that fateful year, a second American revolution unfolded, inspiring a new generation to reject their parents' faith in compromise and appeasement, to do the unthinkable in the name of an ideal. It set Abraham Lincoln...

"From protective tariffs to the expansionist agenda, this work illustrates the ways in which the foremost issues of the time influenced relations between the North and the South"--Provided by publisher.

"Explains the causes of the American Civil War, including legislative efforts to prevent the conflict, and the rising sectional tensions during the 1850s that ultimately led to rebellion by the Southern states"--Provided by publisher.

This book explains the issues that the North and the South clashed on such as economic issues, how to organize new land in the West, and the South's institution of slavery.

Explores the Civil War and the anti-slavery movement, specifically highlighting the plan to help abolish slavery by surrounding the slave states with territories of freedom and discusses the possibility of what could have been a more peaceful alternativeto the war.

Describes the events leading up to South Carolina's secession from the Union and the firing on Fort Sumter that led to the beginning of the Civil War.