If you are previewing the film Glory for your young historians, this packet may help you spark ideas for discussion and offer some interesting facts and quotations that may add to your presentation of this Civil War narrative. It...

This is a narrative detailing the signing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 and the controversy that grew from it.

Wikipedia offers excellent information on the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.

Provides information on the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the consequences of its passing. From "The Civil War and Reconstruction" by Randall and McDonald.

This site from The History Place talks about the Kansas Nebraska Act and the effects caused by its creation. The information is brief but very helpful for the subject.

Outlines the political events prior to the Civil War as the United States expanded its territories to include new states and conflicts arose over the issue of slavery.

A list with descriptions of the major events that led up to the outbreak of the Civil War.

Fact sheet on Bleeding Kansas with the different views of each side.