CHAPTER 148
Women Reformers Begin To Battle For Gender Equality
Two Powerful Black Abolitionists Make Their Voices Heard
The Mormons Find Their Home And Support The War
James Knox Polk’s Consequential Presidency
CHAPTER 139
The Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo Ends The War With Mexico
General Zachary Taylor Wins Lasting Fame At Buena Vista
“Popular Sovereignty” Becomes The Democrat’s Answer to The Wilmot Proviso
James Knox Polk Term
Americans Occupy California And New Mexico
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General Scott Moves Inland In The South
Salmon Chase’s New “Free Soil Party” Portends America’s
“Third Political System”
Four Cross Party Factions Emerge On The Slavery Issue
Polk Gets His Tariff Bill Approved
Gold Is Discovered In California
Whigs Make Large Gains In The Off-Year Election Of 1846
The Republic Of Texas Is Annexed
Taylor’s Support Of The Wilmot Proviso Shocks The South
CHAPTER 144
The Seneca Falls Convention Coalesces The Women’s Rights Movement
Polk Gets The Independent Treasury He Wants
A Proposed Ban On Slavery In DC Intensifies Sectional Anger In The House
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The Oregon Boundary Dispute With Britain Is Resolved
James Thornwell & Other Clergymen Offer A Biblical Defense Of Slavery
Moderate Southern Whigs Stage A Rebellion In The House
A Host Of Splinter Groups Threaten Party Unity
The Slavery Issue Causes A Schism Within The Protestant Churches
Public Attitudes Toward Slavery Begin To Shift In The North
Congress Debates The Morality And Implications Of The Mexican War
General Scott Conquers Mexico City And Ends The War
Congress Finally Approves A Funding Bill Without A Ban On Slavery
War Breaks Out With Mexico
Clay And Douglas Offer An “Omnibus Bill” To Assuage The South
Zachary Taylor’s Term
Three Parties Nominate Candidates For The Pivotal 1844 Election
The Two Major Parties Select Their Candidates For The 1848 Race
The Question Of Texas Annexation Again Assumes Center Stage
Two Splinter Parties Nominate Their Presidential Candidates Early On
The War With Mexico Picks Up Momentum
California Adopts A Free State Constitution To Join The Union
And President Polk Say He Will Support it
Political Battles Over A Proper Peace Treaty With Mexico Intensify
The Wilmot Proviso Is An Existential Threat To The South