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Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and ...
GAG RESOLUTION The adoption of the “gag resolution” in the U.S. House of
Representatives in 1836 indicated the shrill level to which the antislavery debate
had risen in the U.S. Congress. Many believed that the use of such self-imposed
...
Junius P. Rodriguez, 2007
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How to Prepare for the SAT II United States History
Consequently, in 1836 the House passed a Gag Resolution which read as
follows: "...all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions or papers relating in
any way or to any extent whatever to the subject of slavery or the abolition of
slavery ...
David A. Midgley, Phillip Lefton, 2003
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Barron's SAT Subject Test in United States History
Debate over slavery was time-consuming, temper-provoking, and useless.
Opinions in Congress would not be swayed by more discussion. Consequently,
in 1 836 the House passed a Gag Resolution, which read as follows: ". . . all
petitions, ...
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The Papers of Andrew Johnson: 1822-1851
This was another in a series of moves designed to break the Gag Resolution.
Although censure resolutions were introduced, Adams was finally vindicated
when Congress rescinded the Gag Resolution, December 3, 1844. Ibid., 27 Cong
., 2 ...
Andrew Johnson, LeRoy P. Graf, Ralph W. Haskins, 1967
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The Road to Disunion: Volume I: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854
As American freedom goes, Calhoun's gag resolution was a serious
transgression. But as classic tyranny proceeds, Calhoun proposed thin
repression. The Carolinian conceded constituents' right to petition. He admitted
that if Congress could ...
William W. Freehling, 1991
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John Tyler, the Accidental President: Paperback Edition
John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, who would be instrumental in securing an
end to this odious practice, defiantly responded when his name was called to
vote on the original gag resolution: “I hold this resolution to be a direct violation of
...
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Slavery and Abolition, 1831-1841
... the legislatures of Massachusetts and Vermont both voted that the gag
resolutions were unconstitutional ; 2 and at the beginning of every session there
was a fight against them. In December, 1838, a third gag resolution, introduced
by ...
Albert Bushnell Hart, 1968
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Chronology of the U.S. Presidency
It came to be known as the “gag resolution” or “gag rule,” because it forbade any
petitions or resolutions in the House to abolish slavery. For the next 12 years he
fought the gag rule and the expansion of slavery, giving speeches highly critical ...
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Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859: ...
Refusing to be deterred by the renewed rule, Adams tried a variety of
parliamentary procedures to corner his colleagues into discussing abolition
memorials and debating the gag resolution itself. In his most nervy stunt, he
asked the Speaker ...
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A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe
1836: Republic of Texas established, defended at Alamo and San Jacinto; Bank
of United States federal charter expires, Jackson issues Specie Circular; Thomas
Cole paints The Course of Empire; Congress adopts "gag resolution," ...
J. Gerald Kennedy William A. Read Professor of English Louisiana State University, 2000
