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Senate Constitution Day Exhibit Poster, 2018


Senate Constitution Day Exhibit Poster, 2018
As this poster from Constitution Day 2018 illustrates, by the late 19th century the U.S. controlled vast territories yet to be incorporated as states. The prospect of disunion had ended with the Civil War, but the balance of partisan and sectional power in the Senate remained contentious with each new petition for statehood.
credit: U.S. Senate Historical Office