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Happy Monday Before the Civil War!

Today in class, students are looking into the importance of Fredrick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe's works of literature. After discussing these books, students were introduced to Presidents 13 and 14 (Fillmore & Pierce) and their significance (Fillmore's Compromise of 1850 and Pierce's attempt to purchase Cuba from Spain).

We also began looking into the border conflicts between the Kansas Territory and Missouri in "Bleeding Kansas."

Homework:

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