Documenting United States History

264 ChApTEr 11 | the Union Undone? | period Five 1844 –1877

document Context Explanations

Doc. 11.5, Republican Campaign Song, 1856 Geographic, economic,

social

Doc. 11.6, Roger B. Taney, 1857 Legal

Doc. 11.7, Abraham Lincoln, 1858 Legal, political

steP 3 Composition

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