The film discusses the historical context leading to the American Civil War, focusing on the sectional tensions between free and slave states from 1818 to 1861. It highlights key events such as the ...

Whether born slave or free, African Americans in the North found themselves at the ... of the law had been a provision of the Compromise of 1850 as a concession to Southern slaveholders.

The Compromise of 1850 brought relative calm to the nation ... rightfully bound on the "East by sunrise, West by sunset, North by the Arctic Expedition, and South as far as we darn please." ...

Challenges: Millard Fillmore inherited the uncompleted legislation known as the Compromise of 1850, a senatorial initiative to reconcile the competing issues involved in organizing the territories ...

In a campaign devoid of issues—for example, both parties endorsed the Compromise of 1850—Pierce defeated the Whig Party ... as a free state), and permitted slavery in the territory north of 36° 30´ ...