The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents
Season 1
Ep 3. A House Divided 1849-1865
- TV-14
- January 16, 2013
- 44 min
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America by the mid-1800s had tripled in size because of actions made by Jefferson, Jackson, and Polk. But with new territory came old confrontations. Slavery--the question that had been avoided since the country's birth--now had to be answered.