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Author:
Randolph, Joanne, compiler. 166097
Title:
Slave states, free states, and the Missouri Compromise / compiled by Joanne Randolph.
Publisher:
PowerKids Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Missouri compromise--Juvenile literature.
Slavery--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861--Juvenile literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 -- Another view on the Missouri Compromise: a nation divided -- The road to the Civil War -- Import tariffs -- Compromise of 1850 -- Bleeding Kansas -- Civil War -- Whose rights are they anyway?
Summary:
"Understanding slave states and free states is important in understanding the period of time surrounding the Civil War. The Missouri Compromise also played a key role in this time period. Readers of this informative book will gain invaluable knowledge on these topics. Accounts of specific moments and events help readers understand how these things helped lead to the Civil War."--Publisher's description.
Series:
The Civil War and Reconstruction: rebellion and rebuilding
Randolph, Joanne. Civil War and reconstruction: rebellion and rebuilding.
ISBN:
9781538341025
1538341026
9781538341018
1538341018
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1028180972
Locations:
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

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