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Description edit
Robert Pierce Forbes goes behind the scenes of the crucial Missouri Compromise, the most important sectional crisis before the Civil War, to reveal the high-level deal-making, diplomacy, and deception that defused the crisis.
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Characters/People edit
- Martin Van Buren: Add a description of this character.
- James Monroe
- Andrew Jackson
- John Quincy Adams
- John C. Calhoun
- Thomas Jefferson
- Daniel Webster
- Tompkins
- John Taylor
- Roberts
- Crawford
- Hayne
- John Randolph
- Henry Clay
- John Holmes
- De Witt Clinton
- Everett
- James Barbour
- Johnson
- Walker
- Tazewell
- James Tallmadge
- Meigs
- Thomas Ritchie
- Rufus King
- Giles
- Cooper
- William King
- Baldwin
- Remini
- Pinckney
- Brown
- John W. Taylor
- Harrison Gray Otis
- Floyd
Setting & Locations edit
- Missouri
- Virginia
- South Carolina
- New York
- United States
- Maine
- America
- Washington
- Pennsylvania
- New England
- Massachusetts
- Georgia
- Charleston
- Albany
- Africa
- Ohio
- Lafayette
- Kentucky
- Europe
- Great Britain
- South Carolinians
- Philadelphia
- New Jersey
- Panama
- Nathaniel Macon
- Connecticut
- Mississippi
- Delaware
- Boston
- Tennessee
- Louisiana
- North Carolina
- Egypt
- Maryland
- Union
- Richmond
- Arkansas
- France
- Spain
- Denmark Vesey
- White House
- Van Rensselaer
- Texas
- Illinois
- Providence
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Pierce Forbes (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.54
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century › Antebellum
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › Missouri
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › History & Theory
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