Here’s Ranger John Hoptak giving his typical outstanding performance in a presentation covering the Compromise of 1850 for the Gettysburg National Military Park’s 2018 Winter Lecture Series.
The video’s description reads, “Before the Civil War there was the Compromise of 1850. The arguments between the North and South over slavery in the new territories began to boil over during an era when the United States was becoming a player on the world stage with territory acquired during the recent war with Mexico. Would slavery expand into these new territories or would it be confined to the southern states only?”
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