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- 31st United States Congress [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Alabama, history [r]: History of Alabama, a State of the United States since 1819. Previously a territory. [e]
- American Civil War [r]: Major war 1861-65 fought over slavery in which the U.S. defeated the secessionist Confederate States of America. [e]
- California, history since 1846 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Charles Sumner [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Daniel Webster [r]: Leading American politician of the antebellum Whig Party, famous for his oratory, his legal and diplomatic skills, and his efforts to prevent the Civil War in the name of American nationalism. [e]
- Franklin Pierce [r]: (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) The 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. [e]
- Henry Clay [r]: Whig Party leader, 3-time failed presidential candidate, and broker of North/South compromises that held the Union together. [e]
- James K. Polk [r]: (1795–1849) Eleventh President of the U.S.A. [e]
- Kansas Nebraska Act [r]: A U.S. Congressional Act of 1854 creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowing the settlers to decide whether or not to allow slavery. [e]
- Martin Van Buren [r]: (1782-1862) An American politician and President of the United States (1837-1841). [e]
- Slavery, U.S. [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stephen A. Douglas [r]: (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) American politician from the western state of Illinois, who was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860, losing to Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln. [e]
- Texas, history [r]: History of the American state of Texas from 1500 to modern times. [e]
- U.S. Civil War, Origins [r]: The U.S. Civil War emerged from the expansion of slavery in the U.S. and its implication in all aspects of U.S. society, economy, and politics. [e]
- Wilmot Proviso [r]: A proposal, advanced several times 1848-54 but never adopted, for the U.S. Congress to forbid the expansion of slavery into the Southwest. [e]
