Advanced American History

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Century Company, 1921 - United States - 651 pages
 

Contents

Early Settlements in the Upper Ohio Valley
46
Kentucky
47
Tennessee
48
Life in the Backwoods
49
The Coming of the French Quebec
51
LIST OF COLORED MAPS
52
New Hampshire
63
Connecticut
70
IX
79
The Carolinas
89
Industrial and Commercial Conditions
105
Pushing Back the Frontier Line
121
The Border Warfare of the French and the English
128
The French and Indian War 17551763
135
Before the French and Indian War
138
Clearing the Way for the White
141
LIFE IN THE COLONIES DURING THE CLOSING YEARS OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD 17631783
150
Social and Political Life
154
THE QUARREL
159
Questions of Taxation
160
Party Divisions Lawlessness
165
The Intolerable Acts
169
BLOWS AND SEPARATION 56 The Spirit of Union
171
War and Revolt
173
The Loyalists
175
The Second Continental Congress
176
The British Expelled from Boston
178
The Declaration of Independence
179
THE STRUGGLE AND THE VICTORY 62 The Contestants and the Plan of Campaign
183
The Campaign at the North
185
The French Alliance
189
The War at the South
192
The United States after the Treaty of 1783
196
The Treaty of Peace of 1783
197
34
198
A CRITICAL PERIOD 17831789
199
The Confederation 17811789
201
The Evil Days of the Confederation
203
The Northwest Territory
208
36
210
FORMING A MORE PERFECT UNION 71 Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces
211
The Constitutional Convention of 1787
213
The Ratification of the Constitution
217
The Financial Measures of the New Government
230
The Retirement of Washington and the Election of John
237
XXIII
243
A WestwardMoving People
249
Our Country in 1800
252
XXIV
255
The Unfriendly Conduct of England and France
262
The War of 1812
270
XXVI
278
Louisiana Mississippi Ala
285
The Stages of Frontier Development Frontier Life
291
The United States in 1821
292
The Missouri Compromise
297
The Tariff of 1824
303
39
304
IOI Jacksons Campaign Against Adams
306
XXIX
318
XXX
326
Commercial and Industrial Progress
333
173
343
XXXI
344
42
349
The Acquisition of California and New Mexico
351
XXXII
357
The United States in 1840
358
Utah New Mexico
362
XXXIII
369
Moral and Industrial Aspects of Slavery
376
The Compromises of 1850
383
Education and Literature
419
SECESSION AND THE CALL TO ARMS 136 Secession The Confederate States of America
423
The United States in 1861
424
The Inactivity of the Federal Government Efforts of Com promise
427
Preparation for War the Second Secession
431
The North and the South
433
51
436
1861
437
The Blockade The Trent Affair
439
Organization and Plan of Campaign
441
175
442
The War in the West 1862
444
The War in the East March 1862May 1863
447
Emancipation
453
The War in 1863
456
The Close of the Struggle
459
WAR TIMES NORTH AND SOUTH 149 Keeping the Ranks Filled
465
Meeting the Expenses of the War
467
Industry and Commerce in War Times
470
War Time Politics
473
THE WORK OF RECONSTRUCTION 153 Lincolns Policy of Reconstruction His Assassination
476
Johnsons Efforts in the Work of Reconstruction
478
The Congressional Plan of Reconstruction
479
The Quarrel Between the President and Congress Impeach ment
484
The Growth of the United States from 1776 to 1867
486
The Final Measures of Reconstruction
487
EIGHT YEARS OF TROUBLOUS TIMES 18691877
490
Industrial Prosperity and Industrial Reverses
493
The Currency and the Tariff
496
The Aftermath of Reconstruction
499
Corruption in High Places
500
The Election of 1876
502
EIGHT YEARS OF WONDROUS GROWTH 18771885
505
Industrial Progress 18771885
509
Progress in Education
515
The Growth of Cities
518
The Growth of Labor Organizations
519
The Election of Grover Cleveland
521
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522
THE BEGINNING OF A NEW INDUSTRIAL ERA 18851897
524
The New Northwest and the New Southwest
530
The New West
530
105
530
The Surplus The Tariff and the Trusts
533
Four Years of Financial and Industrial Depression 1893
537
The Election of 1896
542
176
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THE UNITED STATES AS A WORLD POWER 175 The Dingley Bill
546
109
547
The Reëlection of McKinley His Assassination
554
178
556
179
564
The Rule of the People
569
Commercial and Industrial Progress 19001912
573
The Roosevelt Policies 19051909
578
183
580
185
588
Grave International Problems
591
Progress in Reform
594
War with Germany
596
189
602
115
617
192
635
199
636
213
639
580
640
585
641
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