The new bill gave the people of Kansas and Nebraska the right to decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

The people of seven states and the people of Mexico needed and used the water of the Colorado River.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

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

Even though West Virginia had remained in the Union, about half of the people in the state supported the South.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

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

An African American man named John Henry was the hero of former slaves and the people who built the railroads.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

She wanted to tell the story of the people behind the industry: In this case, the people who were building the dam.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

She said members of the Democratic Party believe that the people are the basis of all governmental power.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

Berlin was born in Russia. But he captured the feeling,the people and the customs of his new country.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

Frank frames the photograph so that you mainly see the people looking out the windows of the trolley.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

The soft music, the low voices of the people around him and the soft popping of champagne corks whispered into Paul's ears.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

True,they said, the compromise gave the people of Utah and New Mexico the right to decide about slavery.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

The statue was a gift to the people of the United States from the people of France.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Light behind the cloth screen illuminates the colorful puppets for the people watching on the other side.

VOA: special.2009.09.23