History of the United States eBook

Mary Ritter Beard

Table of Contents
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Start of eBook	1
PART I. THE COLONIAL PERIOD	1
PART II. CONFLICT AND INDEPENDENCE	1
PART III. FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS	1
PART IV. THE WEST AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY	2
PART V. SECTIONAL CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION	2
PART VI. NATIONAL GROWTH AND WORLD POLITICS	2
PART VII. PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD WAR	3
APPENDIX 627	4
INDEX 655	4
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES	5
PART I. THE COLONIAL PERIOD	5
CHAPTER I	5
THE AGENCIES OF AMERICAN COLONIZATION	6
THE COLONIAL PEOPLES	8
THE PROCESS OF COLONIZATION	12
CHAPTER II	17
THE LAND AND THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT	17
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT	21
Chapter III	27
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCHES	28
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES	31
THE COLONIAL PRESS	33
THE EVOLUTION IN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS	34
CHAPTER IV	38
RELATIONS WITH THE INDIANS AND THE FRENCH	39
THE EFFECTS OF WARFARE ON THE COLONIES	42
COLONIAL RELATIONS WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT	44
SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD	49
PART II. CONFLICT AND INDEPENDENCE	52
CHAPTER V	52
GEORGE III AND HIS SYSTEM	52
GEORGE III’S MINISTERS AND THEIR COLONIAL POLICIES	54
COLONIAL RESISTANCE FORCES REPEAL	56
RESUMPTION OF BRITISH REVENUE AND COMMERCIAL POLICIES	59
RENEWED RESISTANCE IN AMERICA	61
RETALIATION BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT	63
FROM REFORM TO REVOLUTION IN AMERICA	65
CHAPTER VI	67
RESISTANCE AND RETALIATION	67
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE	69
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOVERNMENT AND THE NEW ALLEGIANCE	73
MILITARY AFFAIRS	78
THE FINANCES OF THE REVOLUTION	84
THE DIPLOMACY OF THE REVOLUTION	86
PEACE AT LAST	89
SUMMARY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD	90
PART III. THE UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS	93
CHAPTER VII	93
THE PROMISE AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF AMERICA	93
THE CALLING OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION	96
THE FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION	98
THE STRUGGLE OVER RATIFICATION	106
CHAPTER VIII	108
THE MEN AND MEASURES OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT	108
THE RISE OF POLITICAL PARTIES	112
FOREIGN INFLUENCES AND DOMESTIC POLITICS	115
FOOTNOTES:	123
CHAPTER IX	123
REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES	123
THE REPUBLICANS AND THE GREAT WEST	126
THE REPUBLICAN WAR FOR COMMERCIAL INDEPENDENCE	129
THE REPUBLICANS NATIONALIZED	134
THE NATIONAL DECISIONS OF CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL	139
SUMMARY OF THE UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS	142
PART IV. THE WEST AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY	145
CHAPTER X	145
PREPARATION FOR WESTERN SETTLEMENT	145
THE WESTERN MIGRATION AND NEW STATES	148
THE SPIRIT OF THE FRONTIER	153
THE WEST AND THE EAST MEET	154
CHAPTER XI	158
THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN THE EAST	158
THE NEW DEMOCRACY ENTERS THE ARENA	162
THE NEW DEMOCRACY AT WASHINGTON	166
THE RISE OF THE WHIGS	173
THE INTERACTION OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN OPINION	176
CHAPTER XII	179
THE ADVANCE OF THE MIDDLE BORDER	180
ON TO THE PACIFIC—TEXAS AND THE MEXICAN WAR	183
THE PACIFIC COAST AND UTAH	188
SUMMARY OF WESTERN DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONAL POLITICS	193
PART V. SECTIONAL CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION	194
CHAPTER XIII	194
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION	195
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND NATIONAL POLITICS	202
CHAPTER XIV	208
SLAVERY—NORTH AND SOUTH	208
SLAVERY IN NATIONAL POLITICS	213
THE DRIFT OF EVENTS TOWARD THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT	218
CHAPTER XV	225
THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY	226
THE WAR MEASURES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT	230
THE RESULTS OF THE CIVIL WAR	239
RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH	242
SUMMARY OF THE SECTIONAL CONFLICT	246
NORTHERN ACCOUNTS	247
SOUTHERN ACCOUNTS	247
PART VI. NATIONAL GROWTH AND WORLD POLITICS	248
CHAPTER XVI	248
THE SOUTH AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR	248
THE RESTORATION OF WHITE SUPREMACY	250
THE ECONOMIC ADVANCE OF THE SOUTH	255
CHAPTER XVII	262
RAILWAYS AND INDUSTRY	263
THE SUPREMACY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY (1861-85)	268
THE GROWTH OF OPPOSITION TO REPUBLICAN RULE	272
CHAPTER XVIII	277
THE RAILWAYS AS TRAIL BLAZERS	277
THE EVOLUTION OF GRAZING AND AGRICULTURE	280
MINING AND MANUFACTURING IN THE WEST	284
THE ADMISSION OF NEW STATES	287
THE INFLUENCE OF THE FAR WEST ON NATIONAL LIFE	289
CHAPTER XIX	293
THE CURRENCY QUESTION	294
THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF AND TAXATION	299
THE RAILWAYS AND TRUSTS	300
THE MINOR PARTIES AND UNREST	302
THE SOUND MONEY BATTLE OF 1896	304
REPUBLICAN MEASURES AND RESULTS	308
CHAPTER XX	311
AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS (1865-98)	312
CUBA AND THE SPANISH WAR	317
A SIGHT TOO BAD	318
AMERICAN POLICIES IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE ORIENT	325
SUMMARY OF NATIONAL GROWTH AND WORLD POLITICS	329
PART VII. PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD WAR	331
CHAPTER XXI	331
FOREIGN AFFAIRS	332
COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION	336
THE ROOSEVELT DOMESTIC POLICIES	338
LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE ACTIVITIES	341
THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT TAFT	343
PROGRESSIVE INSURGENCY AND THE ELECTION OF 1912	345
CHAPTER XXII	349
AN AGE OF CRITICISM	349
POLITICAL REFORMS	351
MEASURES OF ECONOMIC REFORM	356
CHAPTER XXIII	361
THE RISE OF THE WOMAN MOVEMENT	362
THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE	366
CHAPTER XXIV	371
COOePERATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES	372
THE RISE AND GROWTH OF ORGANIZED LABOR	373
THE WIDER RELATIONS OF ORGANIZED LABOR	376
IMMIGRATION AND AMERICANIZATION	379
CHAPTER XXV	383
DOMESTIC LEGISLATION	383
COLONIAL AND FOREIGN POLICIES	385
THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN WAR	388
THE UNITED STATES AT WAR	394
THE SETTLEMENT AT PARIS	399
SUMMARY OF DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD WAR	403
APPENDIX	407
ARTICLE I	407
ARTICLE II	411
ARTICLE III	413
ARTICLE IV	414
ARTICLE V	415
ARTICLE VI	415
ARTICLE VII	415
ARTICLE I[10]	415
ARTICLE II	416
ARTICLE III	416
ARTICLE IV	416
ARTICLE V	416
ARTICLE VI	416
ARTICLE VII	416
ARTICLE VIII	416
ARTICLE IX	416
ARTICLE X	417
ARTICLE XI[11]	417
ARTICLE XII[12]	417
ARTICLE XIII[13]	418
ARTICLE XIV[14]	418
ARTICLE XV[15]	419
ARTICLE XVI[16]	419
ARTICLE XVII[17]	419
ARTICLE XVIII[18]	419
ARTICLE XIX[19]	419
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES, BY STATES: 1920, 1910, 1900	419
FOOTNOTES:	421
APPENDIX	421
FOOTNOTES:	422
POPULATION OF THE OUTLYING POSSESSIONS: 1920 AND 1910	422
FOOTNOTES:	422
A TOPICAL SYLLABUS	423
INDEX	428
Bacon, Nathaniel, 58	429
Calhoun, J.C., 198ff., 203, 208, 281, 321, 328	429
Danish West Indies, purchased, 593	430
East India Company, 93	431
Farm loan act, 589	431
Gage, General, 95, 100	432
Habeas corpus, 358	432
Idaho, admission, 442	432
Jackson, Andrew, 201, 204, 246, 280	433
Kansas, admission, 441	433
McClellan, General, 362, 365	434
Napoleon I, 190	434
Oglethorpe, James, 3	435
Pacific, American influence, 447	435
Radicals, 579	436
Saint Mihiel, 612	436
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” 332	437
Vallandigham, 360	438
Walpole, Sir Robert, 66	438
X, Y, Z affair, 180	438
Zenger, Peter, 48	438

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