6. Expansion and Slavery: Legacies of the Mexican War and the Compromise of 1850
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via University / institutional lecture channels · 92% confidenceTeaches the Mexican War, slavery's expansion and the Compromise of 1850. David Blight is a Pulitzer and Bancroft prize-winning historian of the era, and this full Yale course is grounded in primary sources and current scholarship.
What you'll learn
Yale Civil War and Reconstruction, lecture 6: The Mexican War, slavery's expansion and the Compromise of 1850.
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Part of The Civil War and Reconstruction with David Blight
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