History of the United States eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 731 pages of information about History of the United States.

History of the United States eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 731 pages of information about History of the United States.
(176-177, 180).
3.  Blockade and embargo problems (193-199).
4.  War of 1812 (199-201).
5.  Monroe Doctrine and Holy Alliance (205-207).
6.  Maine boundary—­Webster-Ashburton treaty (265).
7.  Oregon boundary (284-286).
8.  Attitude of Great Britain during Civil War (354-355).
9.  Arbitration of Alabama claims (480-481).
10.  The Samoan question (481-482)
11.  The Venezuelan question (482-484).
12.  British policy during Spanish-American War (496-497).
13.  Controversy over blockade, 1914-1917 (598-600).
14.  The World War (603-620). 
IV.  Relations with France.
1.  The colonial wars (59-61).
2.  The French alliance of 1778 (128-130).
3.  Controversies over the French Revolution (128-130).
4.  Commercial questions arising out of the European wars
(176-177, 180, 193-199).
5.  Attitude of Napoleon III toward the Civil War (354-355).
6.  The Mexican entanglement (478-479).
7.  The World War (596-620). 
V. Relations with Germany.
1.  Negotiations with Frederick, king of Prussia (128).
2.  The Samoan controversy (481-482).
3.  Spanish-American War (491).
4.  The Venezuelan controversy (512).
5.  The World War (596-620). 
VI.  Relations with the Orient.
1.  Early trading connections (486-487).
2.  The opening of China (447).
3.  The opening of Japan (448).
4.  The Boxer rebellion and the “open door” policy (499-502).
5.  Roosevelt and the close of the Russo-Japanese War (511).
6.  The Oriental immigration question (583-584). 
VII.  The United States and Latin America.
1.  Mexican relations.
a. Mexican independence and the Monroe Doctrine (205-207).
b. Mexico and French intervention—­policy of the United
States (478-479).
c. The overthrow of Diaz (1911) and recent questions
(594-596).
2.  Cuban relations.
a. Slavery and the “Ostend Manifesto” (485-486).
b. The revolutionary period, 1867-1877 (487).
c. The revival of revolution (487-491).
d. American intervention and the Spanish War (491-496).
e. The Platt amendment and American protection (518-519).
3.  Caribbean and other relations.
a. Acquisition of Porto Rico (493).
b. The acquisition of the Panama Canal strip (508-510).
c. Purchase of Danish West Indies (593).
d. Venezuelan controversies (482-484, 512).
e. Extension of protectorate over Haiti, Santo Domingo,
and Nicaragua (513-514, 592-594).

INDEX

Abolition, 318, 331

Adams, Abigail, 556

Adams, John, 97, 128, 179ff.

Adams, J.Q., 247, 319

Adams, Samuel, 90, 99, 108

Adamson law, 590

Aguinaldo, 497

Alabama, admission, 227

Alabama claims, 480

Alamance, battle, 92

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