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Shaping America. Lesson 19, Crisis & compromise. Part 2 / [producer/director, Julia Dyer].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--United States--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- Gold mines and mining--California--History--19th century.
- Gold mines and mining.
- Charleston (S.C.)--History--19th century.
- Charleston (S.C.).
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--19th century.
- Saint Louis (Mo.).
- Genre:
- Film excerpts.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (16 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Crisis and compromise
- United States in 1850
- Shaping America : U.S. history to 1877
- Place of Publication:
- Dallas, TX : Dallas County Community College District, 2001.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Crisis and Compromise shows that perceptive observers were wary of the state of the union after the war with Mexico. What John C. Calhoun called "forbidden fruit" was referred to as "poison" by essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 4, 2019).
- OCLC:
- 1112137353
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