Civil War America: Making a Nation, 1848-1877Routledge, 2014 M06 6 - 402 pages The American Civil War was without doubt the defining event in the history of the United States. This up-to-date analyisis of a critical period goes beyond the origins, course and consequences of the Civil War to bring in other important themes such as racial conflict, gender relations, religion, the popular memory and state formation. |
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... Mexican War The presidential election of 1848 The Compromise of 1850 The Democrats ascendant , 1850-52 3. Political Crises of the 1850s The Kansas - Nebraska Act Politics in flux The Republican threat The eclipse of national Democracy ...
... Mexican War The presidential election of 1848 The Compromise of 1850 The Democrats ascendant , 1850-52 3. Political Crises of the 1850s The Kansas - Nebraska Act Politics in flux The Republican threat The eclipse of national Democracy ...
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... Mexican War. It was certainly not unknown for antebellum Americans to use the words 'nation' and 'national' to describe their country. Nor can their preference for terms such as 'Union' and 'Republic' be taken as evidence that they had ...
... Mexican War. It was certainly not unknown for antebellum Americans to use the words 'nation' and 'national' to describe their country. Nor can their preference for terms such as 'Union' and 'Republic' be taken as evidence that they had ...
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... Mexicans in one of the most one-sided wars ever waged in the region. More than that, the United States was rapidly emerging as a significant player on the world stage. The best evidence for this development was the fact that after the ...
... Mexicans in one of the most one-sided wars ever waged in the region. More than that, the United States was rapidly emerging as a significant player on the world stage. The best evidence for this development was the fact that after the ...
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... Mexicans at the battle of Buena Vista in February 1847 . He did so for several mutually reinforcing reasons : to further ... Mexican War ) might pose a threat to the nation's welfare . Among them was Margaret Fuller , one of antebellum ...
... Mexicans at the battle of Buena Vista in February 1847 . He did so for several mutually reinforcing reasons : to further ... Mexican War ) might pose a threat to the nation's welfare . Among them was Margaret Fuller , one of antebellum ...
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... Mexican War, however, Fuller could not bring herself to do this. She took pride in America's liberty of the press 'and that checks and balances naturally evolve from it which suffice to its government. I may say the minds of our people ...
... Mexican War, however, Fuller could not bring herself to do this. She took pride in America's liberty of the press 'and that checks and balances naturally evolve from it which suffice to its government. I may say the minds of our people ...
Contents
Political Crises of the 1850s | |
Secession and Civil | |
The Quest for Southern Independence | |
The Union in Wartime | |
The Struggle Over Reconstruction 186576 | |
The Far West in the MidNineteenth Century | |
Reform Reaction and Reunion at the Dawn of the Gilded | |
The United States in the Era of Civil | |
Index | |
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