Episode #155: Abraham Lincoln #5: Taking a Stand (1854-1858)

Abraham Lincoln #5: Taking a Stand (1854-1858); Topics covered include: Kansas-Nebraska Act, popular sovereignty, "Bleeding Kansas," joins Republican Party, "Lincoln's Lost Speech," election of 1856, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and the "House Divided Speech"

Key people: Stephen Douglas, Franklin Pierce, William Herndon, Lyman Trumbull, John Fremont, James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and Roger Taney

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