Buchanan told him that slavery in the territory must be decided on the votes of the people of the territory.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

On the question of slavery in the new territories, Cass believed that the people of the territory should make the decision.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

The legislature would have the power to keep the territory open to slavery and,in time,help it become a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

This law kept slavery out of the northern part of the territory which the United States bought from France.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

So they took an extreme step. They formed their own government in opposition to the elected government of the territory.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

But during World War Two, national leaders recognized the importance of the territory to security in the Pacific.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

The president gave the pro-slavery governor of Kansas control of troops at two army bases in the territory.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

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

Since there were few settlers in Oregon, Britain and the United States agreed to occupy the territory jointly.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

He said he was there to make sure the people of the territory obeyed the constitution and the laws of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

He would ask Congress to accept the pro-slavery Kansas constitution and make the territory a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

And it was the capital of the New Mexico territory before the territory became a state.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

He thought the United States could quickly force Mexico to sell him the territory he wanted.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

Some people arrived in the territory to claim their land earlier than they were supposed to.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

There were charges that Mormons had burned the papers of the Supreme Court of the territory.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

They met and formed their own government in opposition to the elected government of the territory.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

The commander was to use force to oppose any attempt by Texas to seize the territory.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

New trouble threatened to break out in the territory of Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

The rate is as high as eighty percent among women in the territory of American Samoa.

VOA: special.2010.08.23

President Polk said he thought the United States had strong claims to all of the territory.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Commodore Robert Stockton had invaded California and had raised the American flag over the territory.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

They share the territory with animals like white tailed deer, river otters and mice.

VOA: special.2009.10.06