Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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Page 67
... Union as a slave state , and they were supported by all the Southern representatives in Congress . The North , in its desire to limit the slavery area , bitterly opposed the admission of Missouri unless its state constitution prohibited ...
... Union as a slave state , and they were supported by all the Southern representatives in Congress . The North , in its desire to limit the slavery area , bitterly opposed the admission of Missouri unless its state constitution prohibited ...
Page 68
... Union had threat- ened to secede at one time or another . During the War of 1812 there was a strong movement among the New Englanders to form a separate nation of the New England states ; and the Connecticut legislature resolved that ...
... Union had threat- ened to secede at one time or another . During the War of 1812 there was a strong movement among the New Englanders to form a separate nation of the New England states ; and the Connecticut legislature resolved that ...
Page 69
... Union . . . " and they contended that the Constitution made the American people an indissoluble nation that its authority came from the people of the country and not from the states . In the debates over the admission of Missouri these ...
... Union . . . " and they contended that the Constitution made the American people an indissoluble nation that its authority came from the people of the country and not from the states . In the debates over the admission of Missouri these ...
Page 71
... Union if Texas with its slaves was admitted . William E. Channing declared , “ I now ask whether as a people we are prepared to seize on a neigh- boring territory to the end of extending slavery ? I ask whether as a people we can stand ...
... Union if Texas with its slaves was admitted . William E. Channing declared , “ I now ask whether as a people we are prepared to seize on a neigh- boring territory to the end of extending slavery ? I ask whether as a people we can stand ...
Page 72
... Union , and carved up into numerous slave states , the balance of power would be in Southern hands for a long time to come . In spite of all these shrewd manipulations it looked as if Texas was about to be turned away like an uninvited ...
... Union , and carved up into numerous slave states , the balance of power would be in Southern hands for a long time to come . In spite of all these shrewd manipulations it looked as if Texas was about to be turned away like an uninvited ...
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