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Page 15
... lands of the Middle West was growing more rapidly than anywhere else in the coun- try . The grain farmer of prairieland had replaced the backwoods- man as the American pioneer , and for the most part he lived in a land where slavery was ...
... lands of the Middle West was growing more rapidly than anywhere else in the coun- try . The grain farmer of prairieland had replaced the backwoods- man as the American pioneer , and for the most part he lived in a land where slavery was ...
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... lands of this large Territory , also , patriotic statesmen have anticipated that a free , industrious , and en ... land . The homestead law , should Congress enact one , will be worthless there . Freemen , unless pressed by a hard ...
... lands of this large Territory , also , patriotic statesmen have anticipated that a free , industrious , and en ... land . The homestead law , should Congress enact one , will be worthless there . Freemen , unless pressed by a hard ...
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... lands presents a different problem . Here it is not enough to regulate the flow of streams . The object of the government is to dispose of the land to settlers who will build homes upon it . To accomplish this object water must be ...
... lands presents a different problem . Here it is not enough to regulate the flow of streams . The object of the government is to dispose of the land to settlers who will build homes upon it . To accomplish this object water must be ...
Contents
PREFACE PART ITHE REPUBLICAN PARTY 1 Crisis and a New Party | 7 |
1856 | 15 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
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