America in 1857 : a nation on the brink
It was a year packed with unsettling events. The Panic of 1857 closed every bank in New York City, ruined thousands of businesses, and caused widespread unemployment among industrial workers. The Mormons in Utah Territory threatened rebellion when federal troops approached with a non-Morman governor to replace Brigham Young. The Supreme Court outraged northernRepublicans and abolitionists with the Dred Scott decision ("a breathtaking example of judicial activism"). etc
History
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9780195074819, 9780195039023, 9781280441585, 9780199729036, 9781423737650, 9781601298782, 0195074815, 0195039025, 1280441585, 0199729034, 1423737652, 1601298781
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A new year and a fresh start
Politics and the social milieu
James Buchanan : President-elect
The President, the Chief Justice, and a slave named Scott
The heart of the matter : slavery and sectionalism
Popular sovereignty, Kansas style
Dog days
Flush times and an autumn panic
Northern politics : the parties in euipoise
Politics as farce : the Leompton Constitution
Politics as tragedy : Buchanan's decision
1858 : the fruits of Lecompton
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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