History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1980 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Three Votes
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The idea
The Kansas-Nebraska Act passed the House of Representatives by three votes, one hundred and thirteen to one hundred and ten.
In practice
A margin of three deciding the shape of the next six years.
Where people slip
Keep the number. Much of what follows in this unit was set in motion by a vote that a handful of members could have reversed.
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