Tag: 19th-century American politics
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How did prominent figures like Rufus King and William Pinkney shape the discourse on slavery during the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and what were the contrasting arguments they presented regarding the expansion of slavery in the United States?
Assignment Question Examine the primary sources presented at the end of Chapter 10 in McGerr’s Of the People: Source 10.1: Rufus King, Excerpts from The Substance of Two Speeches Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the Subject of the Missouri Bill (1820) and William Pinkney, Excerpts from His Response on the Missouri…