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The spellbinding story behind the longest debate in US Senate history: the Compromise of 1850, which brought together Senate luminaries on the eve of the Civil War in a desperate effort to save the Union.<br><br>The Mexican War introduced vast new territories into the United States, among them California and the present-day Southwest. When gold was discovered in California in the great Gold Rush of 1849, the population swelled, and settlers petitioned for admission to the Union. But the U.S. Sen

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Author

Fergus M. Bordewich

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781439141687

Category

history

Subjects

History, Political Science, American Studies

Rating

4.09 / 5 (261 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13