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America in 1857 : a Nation on the Brink by Stampp, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Milton), Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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ix, 388 pages ; 25 cm, \"It was a year packed with unsettling events. The Panic of 1857 closed every bank in New York City, ruined thousands of businesses, and caused widespread unemployment among industrial workers. The Mormons in Utah Territory threatened rebellion when federal troops approached with a non-Morman governor to replace Brigham Young. The Supreme Court outraged northern Republicans and abolitionists with the Dred Scott decision (\"a breathtaking example of judicial activism\"). And when a proslavery minority in Kansas Territory tried to foist a proslavery constitution on a large antislavery majority, President Buchanan reneged on a crucial commitment and supported the minority, a disastrous miscalculation which ultimately split the Democratic party in two.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-376) and index, A new year and a fresh start -- Politics and the social milieu -- James Buchanan : President-elect -- The President, the Chief Justice, and a slave named Scott -- The heart of the matter : slavery and sectionalism -- Popular sovereignty, Kansas style -- Dog days -- Flush times and an autumn panic -- Northern politics : the parties in equipois

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Author

Stampp, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Milton), Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)

Publisher

New York : Oxford University Press

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9781601298782

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Political Science, History

Rating

4.14 / 5 (33 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14