________ introduced Kansas- Nebraska Act to further construct a transcontinental railway to California in an amazing example of the expansionist pressure generated by a market revolution.
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popular sovereignty doctrine
The ________ in Kansas led to continuing civil struggles and political paralysis between two territorial governments.
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Confederal States of America
The ________ were created in February and delegates from the seven seceding States met in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Democratic Nominating Convention
In the ________ of 1860, the split between the Democratic Party and north- south wings that took place during PresidentBuchanan's tenure became the official party.
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New Orleans
There were serious upheavals in ________ and elsewhere, and there was a great deal of violence in the election of 1854 and 1856.
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Pierce
In 1853 ________ entered the White House on a wave of good feelings that were quickly stressed by Pierce's support for "Young America "expansionist goals.
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Kansas
Violence in ________ has been echoed in the nation's cities by increased violence.
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American writers
________ struggled since the turn of the century to find distinctive American subjects, which began in the 1850's as the "American Renaissance "in the break of creative activities.
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Kansas
In ________, residents of Missouri, a slave state itself, were the first to claim land.
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