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On the Brink of Civil War
John C. Waugh
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Description for On the Brink of Civil War
Paperback. Years before the Civil War began, another dark conflict threatened to shatter the Union. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 218 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Years before the Civil War began, another dark conflict threatened to shatter the Union. It was December 1849. The U.S.-Mexican War had just ended, doubling the size of the country. A grave problem emerged: whether slavery should be admitted into the new territories that were to be carved out of the vast new domain resulting from the war. This dilemma strained the relationship between the slave-holding South and the antislavery North. Other issues loomed as well: where to draw the Texas boundary line with the New Mexico territory, how to settle the Texas debt claims, and what to do about ... Read more
Years before the Civil War began, another dark conflict threatened to shatter the Union. It was December 1849. The U.S.-Mexican War had just ended, doubling the size of the country. A grave problem emerged: whether slavery should be admitted into the new territories that were to be carved out of the vast new domain resulting from the war. This dilemma strained the relationship between the slave-holding South and the antislavery North. Other issues loomed as well: where to draw the Texas boundary line with the New Mexico territory, how to settle the Texas debt claims, and what to do about ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Series
The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780842029452
SKU
V9780842029452
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About John C. Waugh
John C. Waugh was a staff correspondant and bureau chief of The Christian Science Monitor. He is author of six books on the Civil War era, and served on the senior staffs of two national politicians, Nelson Rockefeller of New York and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico.
Reviews for On the Brink of Civil War
John C. Waugh has scored again. On the Brink of Civil War is a tour de force and must reading if we are to comprehend why in 1850 the nation's political leadership succeeded only to fail when next challenged.
Edwin C. Bearss, Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service After the Mexican War, the United States came close ... Read more
Edwin C. Bearss, Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service After the Mexican War, the United States came close ... Read more