000351574 000__ 03416cam\a2200421\a\4500 000351574 001__ 351574 000351574 005__ 20210513125936.0 000351574 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000351574 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000351574 008__ 110523s2010\\\\cau\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000351574 010__ $$z 2009046113 000351574 019__ $$a647903604 000351574 020__ $$a9780313081743 (electronic bk.) 000351574 020__ $$z9780275990954 000351574 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn648759584 000351574 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10377031 000351574 035__ $$a351574 000351574 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000351574 043__ $$an-us--- 000351574 05014 $$aE459$$b.G793 2010eb 000351574 08204 $$a973.7/11$$222 000351574 1001_ $$aGreen, Michael S. 000351574 24510 $$aPolitics and America in crisis$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe coming of the Civil War /$$cMichaael S. Green. 000351574 260__ $$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$$bPraeger,$$cc2010. 000351574 300__ $$a1 online resource (xxii, 190 p.) 000351574 440_0 $$aReflections on the Civil War era. 000351574 500__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000351574 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000351574 5050_ $$aProvisos and spots : the cracking of old coalitions -- The compromise of 1850 -- "A hell of a storm" : the aftermath of compromise -- Bleeding parties, bleeding Kansas, bleeding Sumner -- A new president, a new party, a new constitutional clash -- Great debates and greater debates -- Purging the land with blood. 000351574 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000351574 520__ $$aThis book unravels the political developments that made the Civil War unavoidable. From the end of the Mexican American War to the first shots at Fort Sumter, the United States slowly and inexorably moved toward civil conflict. A series of escalating showdowns over slavery in the voting booth, the courtroom, and in the public mind made war between two culturally incompatible halves of the nation inevitable. This book examines the developments between 1846 and 1861 that pushed the nation to war to see what they reveal about the North, the South, the people leading them, and the issues separating them. As shown here, in the decade and a half before the actual outbreak of the war, the mostly southern Democratic Party's fortunes veered from a presidential election victory in 1852 to the shocking loss of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, an event that marked the coming of age of the young antislavery Republican Party. In examining that sharp reversal, this work covers a wide range of key events, including efforts to ban slavery in territories won in the Mexican American War, the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown's raids. It looks at the pivotal political events that played a role in the country's move toward the Civil War; Incorporates the latest scholarship about the war's causes; Spotlights important leaders of the time, including Abraham Lincoln, who was a much greater presence on the issue of slavery in the years before his election than most people realize. 000351574 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y1849-1861. 000351574 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory$$yCivil War, 1861-1865$$xCauses. 000351574 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 000351574 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aGreen, Michael S.$$tPolitics and America in crisis.$$dSanta Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, 2010$$z9780275990954$$w(DLC) 2009046113$$w(OCoLC)429027432 000351574 8520_ $$bacq 000351574 85280 $$bebk$$hProquest Ebook Central 000351574 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=497102$$zOnline Access 000351574 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:351574$$pGLOBAL_SET 000351574 980__ $$aEBOOK 000351574 980__ $$aBIB 000351574 982__ $$aEbook 000351574 983__ $$aOnline