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#08 ELECTION OF 1848 & COMPROMISE OF 1850
#08 ELECTION OF 1848 & COMPROMISE OF 1850
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Jan 7, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In which we look at the Presidential Election of 1848, the crisis over the admission of California as a free state, & how Henry Clay laid the groundwork for Stephen Douglas to sweep in and save the day with the Compromise of 1850.
Released:
Jan 7, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
#14 ELECTION OF 1856: In which we discuss the three-way presidential contest of 1856 and its importance to the rise of the Republican Party. Plus, we see Abraham Lincoln start to position himself to be a leading national figure in the party. by The Civil War & Reconstruction