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... West , he led a fight in Congress for the Kansas - Nebraska Act , which permitted the extension or exclusion of slavery by local choice in two new territories . The political storm which arose over this measure , passed so long ago and ...
... West , he led a fight in Congress for the Kansas - Nebraska Act , which permitted the extension or exclusion of slavery by local choice in two new territories . The political storm which arose over this measure , passed so long ago and ...
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... West , influenced the social fabric that underlay the rise of the new Republican Party . The balance of sectional interests had altered , and the crisis over the extension of slavery coincided with that change . Population of the rich ...
... West , influenced the social fabric that underlay the rise of the new Republican Party . The balance of sectional interests had altered , and the crisis over the extension of slavery coincided with that change . Population of the rich ...
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... West should have low- cost homestead legislation ; and shippers to the West should have internal improvements . The South opposed these programs as only sectional benefits . On them the Republican Party could build political alliances ...
... West should have low- cost homestead legislation ; and shippers to the West should have internal improvements . The South opposed these programs as only sectional benefits . On them the Republican Party could build political alliances ...
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PREFACE PART ITHE REPUBLICAN PARTY 1 Crisis and a New Party | 7 |
1856 | 15 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
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