A history of the United States for schools; including a concise account of the discovery of America, the colonization of the land, and the revolutionary war (1901) (14577803577)

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Title: A history of the United States for schools; including a concise account of the discovery of America, the colonization of the land, and the revolutionary war
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Mowry, William A. (William Augustus), 1829-1917 Mowry, Arthur May, 1862-1900
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Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Silver, Burdett and co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ested in any other way. Fromthis time on, no other issue of importance came before the people,and the struggle between slavery and freedom was destined tocontinue until one or the other should finally become supreme. CHAPTER LXVIII. KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. 1853-1857. 521. Stephen A. Douglas. — One of the new leaders of the politicsof the day was Stephen A. Douglas, a senator from Illinois. Hewas a Democrat from a free State, and desired to do something thatwould bring to an end the discussions over the slavery question.With this purpose in view he proposed in the Senate a bill organiz-ing the two territories of Kansas and Nebraska, leaving to the peopleof those territories the right to decide whether, as territories, theyshould sanction or prohibit slavery. This bill was called the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and was passed by Congress after a bitter fight. 522. The Struggle for Kansas. — It was hoped by the friends of thisbill that by it the slavery question would be removed from Congress,
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■s <? f^ <a \—I—1— 1854) KANSAS AND NEBRASKA, 273 Franklin Pierce was born at Hills-borough, New Hampshire, November23d, 1S04. After he was graduated fromBowdoin he studied law, and was ad-mitted to the bar in 1827. Here hetook high rank. Mr. Pierce servedin the House from 1833 to i§3S, and inthe Senate from 1837 to 1843. At theoutbreak of the war with Mexico, heenlisted as a volunteer, but was soonraised to the rank of colonel, andlater to that of brigadier-general.Pierce was a zealous Democrat, andbelonged to the proslavery wing of thatparty. He died October 8th, 1869. and that the people of each territory would settle the matter forthemselves. As the first settlers we^re often called Squatters,this plan received the name of * Squatter Sovereignty. The indig-nation aroused in the North was very great, as all this land, which seemed in danger of being made intoslave States, had, by the Missouri Com-promise, been set apart for freedom.Movements were at once made in both

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