History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1953 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Taylor Enrages the South
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The idea
Taylor wanted to preserve the Union without promoting expansion, believing that slavery could not flourish in the arid land taken from Mexico.
In practice
Californians adopting a constitution prohibiting slavery in eighteen forty-nine.
Where people slip
He then urged Congress to admit California and New Mexico as free states, which enraged southern slaveholders and deadlocked the session.
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