LEADER 03602nam 22006854a 450 001 9910454823303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-40938-7 010 $a9786612409387 010 $a0-313-06178-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000806525 035 $a(EBL)494883 035 $a(OCoLC)62320538 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342856 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11249537 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342856 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10287145 035 $a(PQKB)10139599 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC494883 035 $a(PPN)151102031 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL494883 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10349649 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL240938 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000806525 100 $a20050304d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aShapers of the great debate on the Civil War$b[electronic resource] $ea biographical dictionary /$fDan Monroe and Bruce Tap 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cGreenwood Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (436 p.) 225 1 $aShapers of the great American debates,$x1099-2693 ;$vno. 6 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-31745-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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) 327 $aCLEMENT LAIRD VALLANDIGHAM (1820-1871)WILLIAM LOWNDES YANCEY (1814-1863); APPENDIX: BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES; INDEX 330 $aWith the conclusion of the Mexican War in 1848, the United States seemed poised to fulfill the manifest destiny that was on the lips of journalists and politicians. Yet, even before the war was over, tensions over the issue of slavery erupted. Slavery symbolized the social, cultural, constitutional, and economic differences that were dividing the North and South. Through four years of bloody civil war and the loss of over 600,000 lives, the American republic decided the fate of slavery, asserted the supremacy of the federal government over state authority, and began to grapple with the difficu 410 0$aShapers of the great American debates ;$vno. 6. 606 $aPoliticians$zUnited States$vBiography$vDictionaries 606 $aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vBiography$vDictionaries 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1861-1865 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1849-1877 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoliticians 615 0$aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 676 $a973.7/092/2 700 $aMonroe$b Dan$f1961-$0883888 701 $aTap$b Bruce$0883889 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454823303321 996 $aShapers of the great debate on the Civil War$91974045 997 $aUNINA