Westward Expansion and the Civil War : 1841 to 1877

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The Essentials of United States History: 1841 to 1877 discusses westward expansion, Texas, the Mexican War, the Compromise of 1850, sectional conflict, the Dred Scott Case, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.