The situation and the problem (1850-1860)
The compromise a finality (1850-1851)
Politics without an issue (1851-1853)
The old leaders and the new (1850-1860)
The era of railroad building (1850-1857)
Diplomacy and tropical expansion (1850-1855)
The Kansas-Nebraska bill (1853-1854)
Party chaos in the North (1854)
Popular sovereignty in Kansas (1854-1856)
The failure of the Know-Nothing Party (1854-1856)
The Kansas question before Congress (1856)
The presidential election (1856)
The Panic of 1857 (1856-1858)
The Supreme Court and the slavery question (1850-1860)
The final stage of the Kansas struggle (1857-1858)
The triumph of Douglas (1858)
The irrepressible conflict (1858-1859)
Foreign affairs during the Kansas contest (1855-1860)
Social ferment in the North (1850-1860)
Sectionalism in the South (1850-1860).