02938nam 2200565Ia 450 991078337580332120230331015837.00-19-972903-41-280-44158-51-4237-3765-21-60129-878-1(CKB)1000000000028657(EBL)241286(OCoLC)181837717(SSID)ssj0000101867(PQKBManifestationID)11555801(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101867(PQKBWorkID)10042851(PQKB)11763544(MiAaPQ)EBC241286(Au-PeEL)EBL241286(CaPaEBR)ebr10085334(CaONFJC)MIL44158(EXLCZ)99100000000002865719900123d1990 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerica in 1857[electronic resource] a nation on the brink /Kenneth M. StamppNew York Oxford University Press19901 online resource (411 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-507481-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-376) and index.""Contents""; ""1. A New Year and a Fresh Start""; ""2. Politics and the Social Milieu""; ""3. James Buchanan: President-elect""; ""4. The President, the Chief Justice, and a Slave Named Scott""; ""5. The Heart of the Matter: Slavery and Sectionalism""; ""6. Popular Sovereignty, Kansas Style""; ""7. Dog Days""; ""8. Flush Times and an Autumn Panic""; ""9. Northern Politics: The Parties in Equipoise""; ""10. Politics as Farce: The Lecompton Constitution""; ""11. Politics as Tragedy: Buchanan's Decision""; ""12. 1858: The Fruits of Lecompton""; ""Manuscripts Consulted""""Newspapers Consulted""""Abbreviations Used in Notes""; ""Notes""; ""Index"";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-Mormon 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,United StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1857-1861973.6/8Stampp Kenneth M(Kenneth Milton)614285MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783375803321America in 18573822843UNINA