Title: America in 1857
First published: 1990
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.
Subjects: Politics and government, United states, history, 1815-1861, Politik
Places: United States
Time periods: 1857-1861
LC classification: E436 .S78 1990