THE END OF COMPROMISE:

THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR

I.   Introduction:  First Shots over Fort Sumter

II.  Causes of the Civil War

A.  Divergent Ideologies
B.  Slavery

III. The Spark:  Republican Victory in 1860

A.  Party Realignment
        1.  Collapse of the Whigs
        2.  Rise of the Republicans
B.  Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
        1.  Equality of Opportunity
        2.  Western Migration
C.  Republican Critique of the South
D.  The Republicans and Race
E.  Abraham Lincoln
        1.  Moderate Republican

IV.  Was Secession Constitutional?

A.  Secessionist View
B.  Southern Conditional Unionist View
C.  Unionist View

V.   Conclusion:  The End of Compromise