![]() ![]() Most southerners insisted that they should have a right to carry their slaves into these new territories, and they hoped that they might create at least some new slave states there. The acquisition of that territory, in turn, reignited a bitter debate over the expansion of slavery. acquired a vast amount of territory from Mexico in California and the Southwest. In particular, Nevins is concerned here with the fallout of the Mexican War.Īs a result of the war, the U.S. ![]() The study would ultimately run to eight volumes, and as the title implies, this book covers the years between the United States victory over Mexico and 1852, ending before Nevins examines the presidential election of that year. It is the first volume in Ordeal of the Union, Nevins' massive history of the United States from the close of the Mexican War in 1847 through the close of the Civil War eighteen years later. Originally published in 1947, this is an excellent example of the type of narrative history that was so popular years ago, even among professional historians who have now largely abandoned sweeping works like this to focus on much narrower topics. ![]()
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