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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Missouri Compromise"”.
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The Southern perception of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1845-1853
… Question, Mexican War, California Gold Rush, Compromise of 1850 to the Pacific Railroad and Gadsden Purchase. The people of the Southern states responded to these national issues of westward expansion from 1845 to 1853 as Americans. And as Americans, the partisan differences between Whig and …
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Popular sovereignty, slavery in the territories, and the South, 1785-1860
The doctrine of popular sovereignty emerged as a potential solution to the crisis over slavery in the territories because it removed the issue from the halls of Congress. Most historians have focused on its development and implementation beginning in the late 1840s and culminating with passage of …