Wikipedia offers detailed information on the United States Whig Party. Includes info on the creation, growth and end of the Whig Party.

A discussion of how the political balance kept shifting as free and slave states were admitted to the Union prior to the Civil War.

Read about Lydia Child's involvement with the abolition movement and her work in the 19th century women's suffrage movement.

From the Library of Congress, find a discussion of Daniel Webster and the slavery debate and a summary of the Selma March with historical pictures. LOC also includes links for further study.

Solomon Northup was a free man of color who was sold into slavery. Learners will read excerpts from his autobiography and analyze documents based on his life. These documents included slave manifests and census documents.

Brief biography on William Henry Seward who was appointed Secretary of State by Abraham Lincoln on March 5, 1861, and served until March 4, 1869. Seward carefully managed international affairs during the Civil War and also negotiated the...

Read a brief biography of Millard Fillmore's life. Hyperlinks to additional information about his private and political life.

A list with short descriptions of the issues and events that impacted the expansion of the frontier, with slavery being the most significant issue.

A quick five question quiz over US history in the mid 1800s.

This biography on the life of Daniel Webster discusses the various accomplishments of his career in law, his tenure as Secretary of State, and his work in politics to preserve the nation.

Providing an overview of the life of Daniel Website, this article focuses on major events and accomplishments, particularly those related to his political career.

A map of the United States at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) which allowed settlers to determine whether or not slavery would be allowed in their territories. The map is color-coded to show the Free States (including...

A map of the United States in 1860 showing the states and territory boundaries at the time, and is color-coded to show the slave States and distribution of slaves, the free states, and the territories, all open to slavery under the...

Millard Filmore, Secretary of State and involved in the Compromise of 1850.-E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814 - July 27, 1863) was a journalist, politician, orator, diplomat and an American leader of the Southern secession movement. A member of the group known as the Fire-Eaters, Yancey was one of the most...