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Whitney’s Railroad Convention proposed a line from the head of the Great Lakes at Duluth, Minnesota, to the Oregon Country. The Mexican War, by adding California, Arizona, and New Mexico to the American domain, complicated the matter greatly. North-South sectionalism intruded when it was appreciated that…
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