A hell of a storm the battle for Kansas, the end of compromise, and the coming of the Civil War
"The history of the United States includes a series of sectional compromises-the Constitutional Convention, the Missouri Compromise in 1820, and the Compromise of 1850. While these accords created an imperfect republic, or "a house divided," as Lincoln put it, the country remained united. But then i...
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2024.
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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