History's lesson is clear—political deals on fundamental human rights don't preserve the Union, they poison it. Two failed presidents proved that appeasement of racism only deepens division.

When the territory of Missouri applied for admission to statehood, the Congress and the nation were confronted with a unique substantive question that had far-reaching implications both for the ...

MONROE SIGNS MISSOURI COMPROMISE — PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE ON MARCH 6, 1820, SIGNED THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE, also known as the Compromise Bill of 1820, into law. The bill’s aim was to equalize the ...

"This book is a thesis submitted to the ... faculty of Cornell University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy. It embodies the results of an investigation ...