The National Experience: A history of the United States to 1877

The National Experience: A history of the United States to 1877
ISBN-10
0155656651
ISBN-13
9780155656659
Series
The National Experience
Category
United States
Pages
983
Language
English
Published
1985
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Author
John Morton Blum

Description

The Tallmadge Amendment passed the House on a sectional vote but was defeated in the Senate . When neither chamber would yield , slavery's critics and defenders plunged into an ill - tempered debate that revealed a deep sectional ...

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