Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895).
A common Southern euphemism for slavery, used to describe its uniqueness to the Southern way of life and to justify its special legal status.
Peculiar Institution appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Period Studies, especially America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895) and Background to the Civil War.
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