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Christine Bolt. of the large Nebraska territory . Douglas , the chairman of the Senate committee on territories , was obviously in a key posi- tion to influence the outcome . A part of the Louisiana Pur- chase , Nebraska was affected by ...
Christine Bolt. of the large Nebraska territory . Douglas , the chairman of the Senate committee on territories , was obviously in a key posi- tion to influence the outcome . A part of the Louisiana Pur- chase , Nebraska was affected by ...
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... territories . Douglas was chosen by the moderate Democrats , and proceeded to stump the country , one of the first presi ... territory and neither the territorial governments nor Congress could oppose them . The Constitutional Unionists ...
... territories . Douglas was chosen by the moderate Democrats , and proceeded to stump the country , one of the first presi ... territory and neither the territorial governments nor Congress could oppose them . The Constitutional Unionists ...
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... Territory , and in order to make way for the organisation of Kansas and Nebras- ka a number of treaties were pushed through , by which tribes on the eastern edges of the Territory - some of whom , like the Delawares and Miamis had been ...
... Territory , and in order to make way for the organisation of Kansas and Nebras- ka a number of treaties were pushed through , by which tribes on the eastern edges of the Territory - some of whom , like the Delawares and Miamis had been ...
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The Colonial Legacy | 3 |
The Advance of Democracy | 39 |
The Civil War and Reconstruction | 114 |
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