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MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> WHO WAS TALKING TO LINCOLN ABOUT THE COMPROMISE? >> A LOT OF REPUBLICANS AS WELL AS NON REPUBLICANS. EFFORTS IN THE CONGRESS. NOT...
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STATES. >> WHAT WERE THE TERMS? >> THERE WERE VARIOUS THINGS. SOME WAY TO DIVIDE THE TERRITORIES. THE MOST COMMON PROPOSAL WAS TO DRAW A GEOGRAPHICAL...
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SLAVES. BUT
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THE KEY WAS THE TERRITORY. THAT WAS THE FUTURE. >> HE ASKED IF I THOUGHT THE CIVIL WAR WAS INEVITABLE? >> NO. THAT IS WHAT MY BOOK IS ALL ABOUT. HE...
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CONGRESS. THERE WOULD BE A MEMBER STATES HAVE OF THE UNION BUT THE WAR ITSELF IS ANOTHER QUESTION. >> NOVEMBER OF 60 THE PEOPLE IN ATLANTA VOTED TO COMPROMISE....
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OVER. >> LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. IN THE SENATE THERE WAS A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. ONE LIV DID WASHINGTON. ...
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DIFFERENCE. >> WACHOVIA FOR ITS FOR SLAVERY? >> THEY THOUGHT THERE IS NO WAY TO NATIONALIZE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THE STATE WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE. ILLINOIS...
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STATES HAVE LAWS THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO COME AND. BASED NINE DREAD SCOTT THEY SAID THAT IT IS A FAR CRY. I KNOW THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE. BUT...
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OPINION ON THE COUNTRY'S ABILITY TO COMPROMISE THAT PEOPLE SEE AS A PROBLEM TO LINCOLN'S AND FAILURE FOR COMPROMISE TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY? >> HISTORIANS...
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HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THE PAST. [LAUGHTER] THE FUTURE IS BEYOND ME. THE PRESIDENT IS BEYOND ME MUCH LESS THE FUTURE. [LAUGHTER] >> HENRY CLAY...
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WERE ESTABLISHED ONE MONTH
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BEFORE HE BECAME PRESIDENT PRO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE SEPARATION? NOBODY KNEW. BUT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE COMPROMISE THEN THERE WERE. >> THE BOOK...
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STARTS. >> WOODY THINK WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THE SOUTH IF THEY TOOK THE COMPROMISE THAT IN TODAY'S THERE WOULD RUN OUT OF SUPPLIES? >> THAT IS NOT WHAT...
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THE RELIEF MISSION WAS ON ROUTE TO SOME OF THAT ANSWER WOULD NOT DO BECAUSE HE DID NOT PROMISE UNEQUIVOCAL A CELL HE WAS TOLD FIRING WOULD COMMENCE
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PROPERLY. AND IT DID. HE NEVER MADE THE PROPOSAL OF THOSE TERMS. >> BUT JUST TO SPECULATE DID ABRAHAM LINCOLN KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAVE BEEN IN FORT...
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COMPLICATED RIGHT NOW THE CONFEDERACY DECIDED THEY HAD BEEN MISLED. THAT WAS OUR FRIEND MR. SEWARD. >> MINI PEOPLE THINK ONE OF THE WORST PRESIDENTS...
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UNITED STATES WAS PRESIDENT YOU CAN BECAUSE DURING HIS TIME IN OFFICE HE DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION TO PREVENT THE ONSET OF THE CIVIL WAR. IS THAT CORRECT?...
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AND THANK YOU VERY
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MUCH. [APPLAUSE] WE WILL CARRY-ON WITH FED COUNTERFACTUAL HISTORY AND BELL LOBBY. >> IT
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