many of these eventss are open to the public. look for them to air in the future on booktv on c-span2. >> booktv is on location on the campus of ucla. we are talking to professors who are also authors. joan waugh is co-author of this book, "the american war: a history of the civil war era". joan waugh, 1850, give us a snapshot of the united states. >> guest: 1850 was the first year of the decade that brought on the secession crisis and brought on the civil war. 1850 was the year california came into the union. 1850 was also the year that a compromise was forged, the last great compromise, they didn't know it then, but we know it now, that saved the union. it was a compromise forged by the north and south that involved a number of major changes to the way territories good to come to the united states involving passage of the fugitive slave act and other compromises that neither side was happy about, but it did preserve the union for the tumultuous decade to come. >> host: what was the compromise? >> guest: the compromise of 1850.

many of these eventss are open to the public.look for them to air in the future on booktv on c-span2. >> booktv is on location on the campus of ucla. we are talking to professors who are also authors. joan waugh is co-author of this book, "the american war: a history of the civil war era". joan waugh, 1850, give us a snapshot of the united states. >> guest: 1850 was the first year of the decade that brought on the secession crisis and brought on the civil war. 1850 was the year california

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