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Lee is a hero during the war. ♪ ♪ ‐ The Mexican War ends
in 1848. We have gotten exactly
what we want, most of the American
Southwest, roughly 500,000 square miles
of territory, all the way
to the Pacific Ocean, and the question of whether
that land would be slave or free,
of course, would raise its ugly head
pretty much every year after that right up to 1861
in 1848. We have gotten exactly
what we want, most of the American
Southwest, roughly 500,000 square miles
of territory, all the way
to the Pacific Ocean, and the question of whether
that land would be slave or free,
of course, would raise its ugly head
pretty much every year after that right up to 1861
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Lee is a hero during the war.
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♪ ♪
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‐ The Mexican War ends
in 1848.
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We have gotten exactly
what we want,
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most of the American
Southwest,
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roughly 500,000 square miles
of territory,
00:00:20.311 --> 00:00:22.073
all the way
to the Pacific Ocean,
00:00:22.073 --> 00:00:25.999
and the question of whether
that land would be
00:00:25.999 --> 00:00:26.734
slave or free,
of course,
00:00:26.734 --> 00:00:29.987
would raise its ugly head
pretty much every year
00:00:29.987 --> 00:00:33.157
after that right up to 1861.
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Movie Summary
The documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
