Congress and the Crisis of the 1850s (Perspective Hist of Congress 1801-1877)

by PaulFinkelman (Editor), Donald R . Kennon (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2012

  $68.31

  During the long decade from 1848 to 1861 America was like a train speeding down the track, without an engineer or brakes. The new territories acquired from Mexico had vastly increased the size of the nation, but debate over their status-and more importantly the status of slavery within them-paralyzed the nation.