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On the Brink of Civil War: The Compromise of 1850 and How It Changed the Course of American History (American Crisis Series, No. 13)
On the Brink of Civil War The Compromise of 1850 and How It Changed the Course of American History - American Crisis Series, No. 13
Author: John C. Waugh
Years before the Civil War began, another dark conflict threatened to shatter the Union. It was December 1849. The U.S.-Mexican War had just ended, doubling the size of the country. A grave problem emerged: whether slavery should be admitted into the new territories that were to be carved out of the vast new domain resulting from the war. On the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780842029445
ISBN-10: 0842029443
Publication Date: 9/28/2003
Pages: 217
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Publisher: Scholarly Resources
Book Type: Hardcover
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