America in 1857
Subtitle: a nation on the brink
By: Kenneth M. Stampp.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861
Description: It was a year packed with unsettling events. The Panic of 1857 closed every bank in New York City, ruined thousands of businesses, and caused widespread unemployment among industrial workers. The Mormons in Utah Territory threatened rebellion when federal troops approached with a non-Morman governor to replace Brigham Young. The Supreme Court outraged northernRepublicans and abolitionists with the Dred Scott decision ("a breathtaking example of judicial activism"). etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-376) and index.