. How did the Dred Scott decision escalate tensions between North and South over slavery and its expansion westward? 2. Discuss the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860. 3. What were the...

. How did the Dred Scott decision escalate tensions between North and South over slavery and its expansion westward?

2. Discuss the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860.

3. What were the reasons for the secession of southern states from the Union? Explain the formation of the Confederacy.

4. Explain what led to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, and the role of African Americans in the war and the Union cause.