compromise of 1850

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compromise of 1850

The political crisis of the 1850s

  • Holt, Michael F
1983
Interprets the onset of the Civil War as a breakdown in America's democratic political process, discussing the changes in the Second Party System from the 1820s through the 1850s.

America's great debate

Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union
  • Bordewich, Fergus M
2012
Presents the history of the Comprimise of 1850, discussing who was involved, their arguments, and the outcome of the comprimise.
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