Screen LibraryPolitics and America in crisis：the coming of the Civil War
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Praeger,
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| Publisher Address: | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Reflections on the Civil War era |
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| Carrier Form: | xxii, 190 p.: ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780275990954 (alk. paper) 0275990958 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | K712 |
| CLC: | K712.43 |
| Call Number: | K712.43/G797 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The evolution of American politics -- Provisos and spots : the cracking of old coalitions -- The compromise of 1850 -- "A hell of a storm" : the aftermath of compromise -- Bleeding parties, bleeding Kansas, bleeding Sumner -- A new president, a new party, a new constitutional clash -- Great debates and greater debates -- Purging the land with blood. This book unravels the political developments that made the Civil War unavoidable. From the end of the Mexican American War to the first shots at Fort Sumter, the United States slowly and inexorably moved toward civil conflict. A series of escalating showdowns over slavery in the voting booth, the courtroom, and in the public mind made war between two culturally incompatible halves of the nation inevitable. This book examines the developments between 1846 and 1861 that pushed the nation to war to see what they reveal about the North, the South, the people leading them, and the issues separat |