America in 1857
a nation on the brink
Edición de la obra America in 1857
| Autor | Kenneth M. Stampp |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Oxford University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1990 |
| Lugar | New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 388 |
| ISBN-10 | 0195039025 |
| OCLC | 21030400 |
| LCCN | 90031374 |
| Número de Cutter | S783a |
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.