03602nam 22006854a 450 991045482330332120200520144314.01-282-40938-797866124093870-313-06178-5(CKB)1000000000806525(EBL)494883(OCoLC)62320538(SSID)ssj0000342856(PQKBManifestationID)11249537(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342856(PQKBWorkID)10287145(PQKB)10139599(MiAaPQ)EBC494883(PPN)151102031(Au-PeEL)EBL494883(CaPaEBR)ebr10349649(CaONFJC)MIL240938(EXLCZ)99100000000080652520050304d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShapers of the great debate on the Civil War[electronic resource] a biographical dictionary /Dan Monroe and Bruce TapWestport, Conn. Greenwood Press20051 online resource (436 p.)Shapers of the great American debates,1099-2693 ;no. 6Description based upon print version of record.0-313-31745-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; SERIES FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WHAT WERE THE GREAT DEBATES?; JOHN BROWN (1800-1859); JAMES BUCHANAN (1791-1868); SALMON CHASE (1808-1873); JEFFERSON DAVIS (1808-1889); STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS (1813-1861); FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1817-1895); GEORGE FITZHUGH (1806-1881); HORACE GREELEY (1811-1872); ANDREW JOHNSON (1808-1875); ROBERT E. LEE (1807-1870); ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865); GEORGE BRINTON McCLELLAN (1826-1885); WILLIAM H. SEWARD (1801-1872); ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS (1812-1883); THADDEUS STEVENS (1792-1868); HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (1811-1896); CHARLES SUMNER (1811-1874)CLEMENT LAIRD VALLANDIGHAM (1820-1871)WILLIAM LOWNDES YANCEY (1814-1863); APPENDIX: BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES; INDEXWith the conclusion of the Mexican War in 1848, the United States seemed poised to fulfill the manifest destiny that was on the lips of journalists and politicians. Yet, even before the war was over, tensions over the issue of slavery erupted. Slavery symbolized the social, cultural, constitutional, and economic differences that were dividing the North and South. Through four years of bloody civil war and the loss of over 600,000 lives, the American republic decided the fate of slavery, asserted the supremacy of the federal government over state authority, and began to grapple with the difficuShapers of the great American debates ;no. 6.PoliticiansUnited StatesBiographyDictionariesSlaveryPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865BiographyDictionariesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CausesUnited StatesPolitics and government1861-1865United StatesPolitics and government1849-1877Electronic books.PoliticiansSlaveryPolitical aspectsHistory973.7/092/2Monroe Dan1961-883888Tap Bruce883889MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454823303321Shapers of the great debate on the Civil War1974045UNINA