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A Hell of a Storm: The Battle for Kansas, the End of Compromise, and the Coming of the Civil War
By Brown, David S.
- ISBN
- 9781797182667
- Publisher
- S. & S. Audio
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Reviewed on March 7, 2025 | Audio In Depth: Social Sciences
Brown (history, Elizabethtown Coll.; The First Populist) examines the fallout from the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, contending that this legislation propelled the nation into the Civil War. With an even delivery, narrator Jacques Roy draws listeners in, carefully relaying the explosive events set off by the passage of the act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and allowed white residents of the newly formed Ka...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
