Westward Extension, 1841-1850Harper & Brothers, 1906 - 366 من الصفحات A vivid portrait of a turbulent & crowded decade. Although the emphasis is on expansion, the book is largely a history of the U.S. during the years covered. Also discussed are party struggle & the domestic problems of the Tyler & Polk administrations. Illus. |
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الصفحة 141
... Union rather than Texas , and called for a conven- tion of the slave states to consider the question of annexing Texas to the Union , or , if the United 1 Niles ' Register , LXIV . , 173-175 . States would not accept it , to the ...
... Union rather than Texas , and called for a conven- tion of the slave states to consider the question of annexing Texas to the Union , or , if the United 1 Niles ' Register , LXIV . , 173-175 . States would not accept it , to the ...
الصفحة 324
... Union . Agitation will of itself effect it . " The proposed compromise could not save the Union ; nor could the " Execu- tive proviso " -President Taylor's proposition - of allowing the people of the territories themselves to decide the ...
... Union . Agitation will of itself effect it . " The proposed compromise could not save the Union ; nor could the " Execu- tive proviso " -President Taylor's proposition - of allowing the people of the territories themselves to decide the ...
الصفحة 332
... Union . The expansion impulse , in spite of the weakening influence of sectional divergence , had accomplished its ends . The boundary of the United States rested at length on the shore of the Pacific , and the ter- ritory thus won was ...
... Union . The expansion impulse , in spite of the weakening influence of sectional divergence , had accomplished its ends . The boundary of the United States rested at length on the shore of the Pacific , and the ter- ritory thus won was ...
المحتوى
THE QUARREL BETWEEN TYLER AND THE WHIGS | 51 |
ADJUSTMENT OF THE MAINE BOUNDARY CON | 67 |
THE TEXAN QUESTION 18191841 | 85 |
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¹ Niles 29 Cong 30 Cong adopted Albert Bushnell Hart amendment American annexation of Texas August Bancroft Barnburners Benton bill boundary Britain British Buchanan Buren Calhoun California Cass chap claims Clay Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Columbia committee Congress Constitution convention December declared Democrats Diary district Documents election favor Free Soil Frémont Globe Hist History Holst House Exec Ibid issue Jacksonian Democracy January July June letter LXXIV March ment Messages and Papers Mexican cession Mexican government Mexico Mexico and California minister Missouri Compromise movement negotiations Niles nomination North Northwest Ohio Oregon organization Pacific party passed political President Polk question refused Register resolution Richardson River Santa sectional Senate Docs Sess session Silas Wright slave slave-holding slave-trade slavery Slidell South southern tariff Taylor territorial government Texan tion treaty troops Tyler Union vols vote Walker tariff Washington Webster West westward Whigs Wilmot Proviso York