Voices from the Gathering Storm explains the dramatic change in thinking about the nature and value of the American Union from 1846 to 1861 which impelled citizens from 11 southern states to declare independence and the remaining 22 states to fight the bloodiest war in the nation's history. This reader tells the story of seventeen Northerners and Southerners who lived through the critical fifteen years prior to the Civil War. In their letters and diaries, they describe in their own words what it was like to live during the sectional crisis and the coming of the war.
Voices from the Gathering Storm explains the dramatic change in thinking about the nature and value of the American Union from 1846 to 1861 which impelled citizens from 11 southern states to declare independence and the remaining 22 states to fight the bloodiest war in the nation's history. This reader tells the story of seventeen Northerners and Southerners who lived through the critical fifteen years prior to the Civil War. In their letters and diaries, they describe in their own words what it was like to live during the sectional crisis and the coming of the war.
Glenn Linden is associate professor of history at Southern Methodist University.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Cast of Characters Part 3 I: A Growing Rivalry between the North and South 1846-53 Chapter 4 The Mexican War Wilmot Proviso and Election of 1848 Chapter 5 The Compromise of 1850 Chapter 6 The Fugitive Slave Controversy the Election of 1852 and Growing Sectionalism Part 7 II: Southern Successes Northern Anxieties 1854-57 Chapter 8 The Kansas-Nebraska Act Bleeding Kansas and the Republican Party Chapter 9 The Election of 1856 and its Aftermath Part 10 III: The Union Comes Apart 1857-61 Chapter 11 Dred Scott Kansas and Events of 1858 Chapter 12 John Brown's Raid Party Conventions the Election of 1860 and Secession
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Cast of Characters Part 3 I: A Growing Rivalry between the North and South 1846-53 Chapter 4 The Mexican War Wilmot Proviso and Election of 1848 Chapter 5 The Compromise of 1850 Chapter 6 The Fugitive Slave Controversy the Election of 1852 and Growing Sectionalism Part 7 II: Southern Successes Northern Anxieties 1854-57 Chapter 8 The Kansas-Nebraska Act Bleeding Kansas and the Republican Party Chapter 9 The Election of 1856 and its Aftermath Part 10 III: The Union Comes Apart 1857-61 Chapter 11 Dred Scott Kansas and Events of 1858 Chapter 12 John Brown's Raid Party Conventions the Election of 1860 and Secession
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