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America Under Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, 1853-1860: The Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Utopian Movements, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Election of Lincoln - United Streaming Video - In the eight years before the Civil War began, tensions over slavery influenced all aspects of politics under presidents Pierce and Buchanan.  Must have United Streaming login information to access video. The Clearvue/eav History of American Literature, Third Edition: From Civil War Turmoil to Romanticism, Realism, & Naturalism - PowerMedia Plus Video - This program investigates the emerging Transcendentalists, the American Romantics, and the movement towards realism and naturalism. The writers covered include Emerson, Thoreau, Alcott, Longfellow, Douglass, Stowe, Poe, Dickinson, Twain, London, and others.  Must have PowerMedia Plus login information to access video. Gouverneur Warren's Expedition Activity - Join Gouverneur Warren on his 1856 expedition into the American frontier and identify the specimens he sent back to the Smithsonian for study and classification. Gold Rush – Vocabulary Activity - http://www.vocabulary.com/goldrush12.html