• But he believed that the people of a territory had the right to make their own decision to accept or reject slavery.

    VOA: special.2009.05.21

  • Cass and Douglas supported the idea of letting the people of a territory decide if slavery would be permitted in that territory.

    VOA: special.2009.04.16

  • On January twenty-fourth, eighteen forty-eight, a man named James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the territory of California.

    VOA: special.2010.04.25

  • The government built a series of bases in the New Mexico territory to protect the settlers and goods moving along the Santa Fe Trail.

    VOA: special.2009.03.30

  • He said the people of a state or territory had the right to decide for themselves.

    VOA: special.2009.04.23

  • The seat of government in Santa Fe for the Spanish, the Mexicans and the American territory was a building called the Palace of the Governors.

    VOA: special.2009.03.30

  • They were given a large area of land north of Wyoming in the Dakota territory.

    VOA: special.2010.04.01

  • Congress rejected the large claim of Deseret and made it a much smaller territory.

    VOA: special.2009.06.04

  • And by letting the people of a territory decide if they wanted slavery.

    VOA: special.2009.05.14

  • As a compromise, Brigham Young was named governor of the new Utah territory.

    VOA: special.2009.06.04

  • He would make the new territory of California a free state.

    VOA: special.2009.04.09

  • They also were a time of expansion into new territory.

    VOA: special.2010.03.11

  • Andrew Reeder was governor of a bitterly divided territory.

    VOA: special.2009.04.30

  • Because before,as you remember, the term "disproportionate use of force" was used,as if there is a proportionate use to occupy other countries' territory."

    VOA: standard.2010.07.05

  • "A year ago I thought the forecast of economists who were saying we'll be back into positive growth territory by the end of the year might be optimistic.

    VOA: standard.2010.01.15

  • In an attempt to show they are serious about supporting a solution to the protracted Cyprus problem, Britain has renewed an offer to cede about half the territory of its bases in Cyprus.

    VOA: standard.2009.11.11

  • Many are from Sri Lanka. While some have been taken to Indonesia,most are transferred to Christmas Island, a remote Australian territory 2,600 kilometers northwest of Perth, to have their applications for refugee status processed.

    VOA: standard.2009.11.24

  • The Palestinians claim the West Bank and East Jerusalem as territory for a future state, and they have conditioned a resumption of peace talks on a halt to all Israeli construction in those areas.

    VOA: standard.2009.12.07

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