Ep 37. Sectional Tensions Escalate
- TV-PG
- October 6, 2003
- 30 min
This episode surveys manifestations of sectional animosity, especially regarding slavery, and gives attention to the brief history of the American, or Know-Nothing, Party. It also stresses the idea that, whatever the real divisions between them, Northerners and Southerners increasingly proved willing to believe the worst about the other.