Period 5: 1884–1877
12 articles
Topic 5.1: Contextualizing Period 5 (1844–1877)
Topic 5.2: The Idea of Manifest Destiny
Topic 5.3: Manifest Destiny and the Mexican–American War
Topic 5.4: The Compromise of 1850
Topic 5.5: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences
Topic 5.6: Failure of Compromise
Topic 5.7: Election of 1860 and Secession
Topic 5.8: Military Conflict in the Civil War
Topic 5.9: Government Policies During the Civil War
Topic 5.10: Reconstruction
Topic 5.11: Failure of Reconstruction
Topic 5.12: Comparison in Period 5