Clay also began to think about a compromise that might settle the differences between the two sections of the country.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Soon after the Civil War ended in eighteen sixty-five, thousands of Americans began to move west to settle the land.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

He arrived in Washington in the spring of 1842 with the power to settle all disputes with the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

The cattlemen finally had to settle land of their own, putting up fences and cutting the size of their herds.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

In these private talks, Brown said it was too late to settle the slave question through politics or any other peaceful way.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

Most southerners believed that Clay's proposals were a reasonable way to settle the difference and protect the union.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

The purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska bill reportedly was to settle differences among opposing railroad interests in the area.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

The people who used them were some of the first populations to arrive in and settle in Europe.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

There were some who thought the earlier Missouri Compromise could be used to settle the issue of slavery in California,Oregon,and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

He said the Senate was a political body that was being asked to settle a political question.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

He plans to work to improve the legal system so that competing groups can settle their differences in court instead of the battlefield.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

That part of the treaty permitted citizens of each country to settle in the other country.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The public saw the elections as a sign of hope that reasonable people might find a way to settle the bitter dispute over slavery.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

He has called for an outside negotiator to settle the crisis, an idea the government rejects.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

The United States agreed to help the South Pacific islands settle any differences with other nations.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council called on the politicians to settle their differences.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

The southern effort to settle Kansas was led mostly by slave-owning farmers in Missouri.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

He said the citizen from Georgia had as much right to settle in this territory with his slaves as a citizen of Maine with his horse.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

He proposed that Congress create a labor committee to help settle the disputes.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

But there seemed to be no way to settle the issue of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

He had his own plan to settle one part of the dispute.

VOA: special.2009.04.09