The populists gained their greatest support from the western United States, the Mid-West and Kansas. A large portion of the supporters consisted of the farmers in those respective areas.
It is during the second major working phase that historians ask a big question, since this is phase after the preliminary research as been completed.
The Mexican American War heightened tensions over slavery in that there were many disagreements over whether the new territories won from Mexico should be free or slave territories. The Wilmot Proviso, created to solve the problem, ended up slitting parties on regional areas.
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New England towns along the coast, the colonists made their living fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding.
