Joel H. Silbey's Storm Over Texas

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In the book Storm Over Texas, by Joel H. Silbey the critical controversy of North vs. South is displayed. The book goes into great detail of the wild moments leading into the Civil War, the political dysfunction that ran throughout Texas, and many reasons the American Civil War sparked up in the first place. This book truly captives great Texas history and has valid information and points of our states different point of views on history. Political differences are a main subject throughout this entire book. “The political temperature had certainly been raised along sectional fault lines.” (Silbey 128) The different views on how political issues should be handle was what ended up hurting our state the most. There was more argument over how to deal with issues, rather than actually finding a solution to the problem. Silbey does an outstanding job explaining the how the Wilmot Proviso …show more content…

James K. Polk was one of many that felt extremely strong about Texas joining the Union. Silbey uses direct quotes from politicians gives a deeper outlook into Texas annexation. “That there is a large majority who would be glad to see Texas, in some way or another, united to this country, there can be no doubt.” (Silbey 81) Shortly after this widespread idea of Texas joining the country Congress was overwhelmed with bills to make Texas’s entry accomplished. Overall, I think Joel H. Silbey did an outstanding job explaining Texas’s issues, accomplishments, and many challenges. He used direct quotes from politicians, useful information, and made valid points. I think his qualifications were on the right track and he does very detailed writing. Storm Over Texas was an overall success. I can put together that Silbey’s main intent was to inform and show the true hardships Texas had to endure to come to its strong unity today. It personally taught me many new things and stories from Texas’s past and

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