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Column: The California compromise — be prepared to evacuate
The California compromise is ever-present. Along with the benefits — great weather, dramatic landscapes and a million things to do — you sign up for year-round risk. Earthquakes, flooding ...
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Shifting Political Landscapes during Lincoln's Presidency
Douglas of Illinois and Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, Henry Clay again suggested a compromise. California would enter ... Nebraska Act through Congress in 1854. Because most of the Western ...