Territorial Issues Before the onset of the American Civil War, a great debate was raging among the citizens, and politicians of the Untied States. ... The compromise admitted California as a free state, abolished slave trade in District of Columbia, imposed a new more stringent Fugitive Slave Law, invoked popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah, and finally settled the Texas-Mexico border dispute. ... It turned out to be the calm before the storm; which was to become the bloodiest war in world history: American Civil War...

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Perman has written yet another book on the aftermath of the Civil War, "Emancipation and Reconstruction, 1862-1879" focuses on the issues and literature produces on the events following the Civil War. ... In the initial years of America, the country faced many diverse challenges, of establishing new colonies, resistance from native Indians, Mexico Spanish wars and inter-state conflicts. The most traumatic event in nation's history after its independence was the Civil War (1861-65). ... The war left far reaching consequences, and although the Unionists won the war and the country remain...

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The following time line is supplied be the Latin American Solidarity: In 1846 the United states provoked a war with Mexico and acquired half of its territories, which included Texas and California. ... Along with these outrages the United States also declared war on Spain in 1898 and as a result annexed Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii. ... Military for years due to the operations of all the War Departments that consist within the center" (Encyclopedia NP). ...

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Black (not of Hispanic Origin), Hispanic such as Mexican, Cuban..., American Indian: people of North America. ... In 1973 nearing the end of the Vietnam War, President Gerald. ... Ford extended affirmative action to people with disabilities and veterans of the war. ...

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