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Durning the 1840s and 1850s American industry?
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The Know-Nothing party was strongest during which decade?
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Boxing is still very popular around the world. Popularity in the US has declined in 40 years or so due to other sports such as the rise of UFC and because of injuries.
What determined the status of slavery in territories in the 1850s?
Under the 1850 Compromise, New Mexico and Utah were allowed in as slave-states, in exchange for California as free soil. After that, Kansas and Nebraska were to be admitted on a local vote on slavery ('Popular Sovereignty'). This resulted in bloodshed that foreshadowed the Civil War.
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