| "Different Versions of the American Dream" | |
| Elizabeth R. Varon | "Perceptions of North and South" |
| Robert C. Kenzer | "States are divided Within Themselves" |
| Gary W. Gallagher | "Unaware of Lurking Cataclysm" |
| Manisha Sinha | "The Madness of Abolitionists" |
| Jean H. Baker | "History of the Profound Divisions" |
| Joan Waugh | "Conveying the Mystery" |