 | Chapter Objectives
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When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Describe the changes in the economy in the 1850s and indicate how they contributed to the sectional conflict.
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- Discuss the impact of immigration on American society and politics in this period.
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- Trace how and why the second party system collapsed, to be replaced by a sectional alignment.
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- Discuss the rise of the Republican party to national power.
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- Describe the events during Buchanan's administration and indicate how they heightened the sectional conflict.
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- Give the reasons for southern secession and the outbreak of war.
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