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Congress and the Crisis of The 1850s.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1801-1877 SeriesPublisher: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780821443996
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Congress and the Crisis of The 1850sDDC classification:
  • 973.5
LOC classification:
  • E415.7 .C76 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Introduction: A Disastrous Decade -- Politics, Patronage, and Public Policy -- The Appeasement of 1850 -- Beyond the Balance Rule -- Manifest Destiny's Hangover -- "When the Victims of Oppression Stand Up Manfully for Themselves" -- "Agitation Is as Necessaryas Tranquility Is Dangerous" -- Dred, Panic, War -- "Hit Him Again" -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: During the long decade from 1848 to 1861 America was like a train speeding down the track, without an engineer or brakes. The new territories acquired from Mexico had vastly increased the size of the nation, but debate over their status--and more importantly the status of slavery within them--paralyzed the nation.
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Intro -- Introduction: A Disastrous Decade -- Politics, Patronage, and Public Policy -- The Appeasement of 1850 -- Beyond the Balance Rule -- Manifest Destiny's Hangover -- "When the Victims of Oppression Stand Up Manfully for Themselves" -- "Agitation Is as Necessaryas Tranquility Is Dangerous" -- Dred, Panic, War -- "Hit Him Again" -- Contributors -- Index.

During the long decade from 1848 to 1861 America was like a train speeding down the track, without an engineer or brakes. The new territories acquired from Mexico had vastly increased the size of the nation, but debate over their status--and more importantly the status of slavery within them--paralyzed the nation.

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