History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1974 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Lull of 1852
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The idea
Winfield Scott, the Whig candidate known as Old Fuss and Feathers, campaigned on his War of 1812 battles and on the weather.
In practice
Scott describing a New York thunderstorm that had never happened.
Where people slip
In Ohio a cannon fired to announce his arrival killed a spectator. Franklin Pierce backed Young America, avoided slavery positions, and won.
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