History of the United States

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Author

Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958

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Produced by Curtis Weyant, M and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

United States -- History

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eBook-No.

16960

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16960

Release Date

October 28, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY — OF THE — UNITED STATES — BY
2. 2.MARY R. BEARD
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.A SMALL LIBRARY IN AMERICAN HISTORY
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.MAPS
7. 7.ILLUSTRATIONS — HISTORY OF — THE UNITED STATES
8. 8.CHAPTER I — THE GREAT MIGRATION TO AMERICA — The Agencies of American Colonization — The Colonial Peoples — The Process of Colonization — References — Questions — Research Topics
9. 9.CHAPTER II — COLONIAL AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, AND COMMERCE — The Land and the Westward Movement — Industrial and Commercial Development — References — Questions — Research Topics
10. 10.Chapter III — SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS — The Leadership of the Churches — Schools and Colleges — The Colonial Press — The Evolution in Political Institutions — References — Questions — Research Topics
11. 11.CHAPTER IV — THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIAL NATIONALISM — Relations with the Indians and the French — The Effects of Warfare on the Colonies — Colonial Relations with the British Government — Summary of the Colonial Period — References — Questions — Research Topics
12. 12.PART II. CONFLICT AND INDEPENDENCE
13. 13.CHAPTER V — THE NEW COURSE IN BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY — George III and His System — George III's Ministers and Their Colonial Policies — Colonial Resistance Forces Repeal — Resumption of British Revenue and Commercial Policies — Renewed Resistance in America — Retaliation by the British Government — From Reform to Revolution in America — References — Questions — Research Topics
14. 14.CHAPTER VI — THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — Resistance and Retaliation — American Independence — The Establishment of Government and the New Allegiance — Military Affairs — The Finances of the Revolution — The Diplomacy of the Revolution — Peace at Last — Summary of the Revolutionary Period — References — Questions — Research Topics
15. 15.PART III. THE UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS
16. 16.CHAPTER VII — THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION — The Promise and the Difficulties of America — The Calling of a Constitutional Convention — The Framing of the Constitution — The Struggle over Ratification — References — Questions — Research Topics
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII — THE CLASH OF POLITICAL PARTIES — The Men and Measures of the New Government — The Rise of Political Parties — Foreign Influences and Domestic Politics — References — Questions — Research Topics
18. 18.CHAPTER IX — THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS IN POWER — The Republicans and the Great West — The Republican War for Commercial Independence — The Republicans Nationalized — The National Decisions of Chief Justice Marshall — Summary of the Union and National Politics — References — Questions — Research Topics
19. 19.PART IV. THE WEST AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
20. 20.CHAPTER X — THE FARMERS BEYOND THE APPALACHIANS — Preparation for Western Settlement — The Western Migration and New States — The Spirit of the Frontier — The West and the East Meet — References — Questions — Research Topics
21. 21.CHAPTER XI — JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY — The Democratic Movement in the East — The New Democracy Enters the Arena — The New Democracy at Washington — The Rise of the Whigs — The Interaction of American and European Opinion — References — Questions — Research Topics
22. 22.CHAPTER XII — THE MIDDLE BORDER AND THE GREAT WEST — The Advance of the Middle Border — On to the Pacific—Texas and the Mexican War — The Pacific Coast and Utah — Summary of Western Development and National Politics — References — Questions — Research Topics
23. 23.PART V. SECTIONAL CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION
24. 24.CHAPTER XIII — THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM — The Industrial Revolution — The Industrial Revolution and National Politics — References — Questions — Research Topics
25. 25.CHAPTER XIV — THE PLANTING SYSTEM AND NATIONAL POLITICS — Slavery—North and South — Slavery in National Politics — The Drift of Events toward the Irrepressible Conflict — References — Questions — Research Topics
26. 26.CHAPTER XV — THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION — The Southern Confederacy — The War Measures of the Federal Government — The Results of the Civil War — Reconstruction in the South — Summary of the Sectional Conflict — References — Southern Accounts — Questions — Research Topics
27. 27.PART VI. NATIONAL GROWTH AND WORLD POLITICS
28. 28.CHAPTER XVI — THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTH — The South at the Close of the War — The Restoration of White Supremacy — The Economic Advance of the South — References — Questions — Research Topics
29. 29.CHAPTER XVII — BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY — Railways and Industry — The Supremacy of the Republican Party (1861-85) — The Growth of Opposition to Republican Rule — References — Questions — Research Topics
30. 30.CHAPTER XVIII — THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREAT WEST — The Railways As Trail Blazers — The Evolution of Grazing and Agriculture — Mining and Manufacturing in the West — The Admission of New States — The Influence of the Far West on National Life — References — Questions — Research Topics
31. 31.CHAPTER XIX — DOMESTIC ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNTRY (1865-1897) — The Currency Question — The Protective Tariff and Taxation — The Railways and Trusts — The Minor Parties and Unrest — The Sound Money Battle of 1896 — Republican Measures and Results — References — Questions — Research Topics
32. 32.CHAPTER XX — AMERICA A WORLD POWER (1865-1900) — American Foreign Relations (1865-98) — Cuba and the Spanish War — American Policies in the Philippines and the Orient — Summary of National Growth and World Politics — References — Questions — Research Topics
33. 33.PART VII. PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD WAR
34. 34.CHAPTER XXI — THE EVOLUTION OF REPUBLICAN POLICIES (1901-13) — Foreign Affairs — Colonial Administration — The Roosevelt Domestic Policies — Legislative and Executive Activities — The Administration of President Taft — Progressive Insurgency and the Election of 1912 — Research Topics — Questions
35. 35.CHAPTER XXII — THE SPIRIT OF REFORM IN AMERICA — An Age of Criticism — Political Reforms — Measures of Economic Reform — Research Topics — Questions
36. 36.CHAPTER XXIII — THE NEW POLITICAL DEMOCRACY — The Rise of the Woman Movement — The National Struggle for Woman Suffrage — Research Topics — Questions
37. 37.CHAPTER XXIV — INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY — Coöperation between Employers and Employees — The Rise and Growth of Organized Labor — The Wider Relations of Organized Labor — Immigration and Americanization — Research Topics — Questions
38. 38.CHAPTER XXV — PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE WORLD WAR — Domestic Legislation — Colonial and Foreign Policies — The United States and the European War — The United States at War — The Settlement at Paris — Summary of Democracy and the World War — Research Topics — Questions
39. 39.APPENDIX — CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES — Article I — Article II — Article III — Article IV — Article V — Article VI — Article VII — Article I [10] — Article II — Article III — Article IV — Article V — Article VI — Article VII — Article VIII — Article IX — Article X — Article XI [11] — Article XII [12] — Article XIII [13] — Article XIV [14] — Article XV [15] — Article XVI [16] — Article XVII [17] — Article XVIII [18] — Article XIX [19]
40. 40.POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES, BY STATES: 1920, 1910, 1900
41. 41.APPENDIX — TABLE OF PRESIDENTS
42. 42.POPULATION OF THE OUTLYING POSSESSIONS: 1920 AND 1910
43. 43.A TOPICAL SYLLABUS
44. 44.INDEX — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes:

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