An edition of Readings in American history
(1921)
Readings in American history
Rev. ed.
by David Saville Muzzey
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Table of Contents
Part I – The Establishment of the English
1. The New World
The Discovery of America
A Century of Exploration
2. The English Colonies
The Old Dominion
The New England Settlements
The Proprietary Colonies
The Colonies in the Eighteenth Century
3. The Struggle with France for North America
The Rise of New France
The Fall of New France
Part II – The Separation of the Colonies from England
4. British Rule in America
The Authority of Parliament in the Colonies
Taxation without Representation
The Punishment of Massachusetts
5. The Birth of the Nation
The Declaration of Independence
The Revolutionary War
Peace
Part III – The New Republic
6. The Constitution
The Critical Period
“A More Perfect Union”
7. Federalists and Republicans
Launching the Government
The Reign of Federalism
The Jeffersonian Policies
The War of 1812
Part IV – National versus Sectional Interests
8. The Growth of a National Consciousness
A New American Spirit
The Monroe Doctrine
9. Sectional Interests
The Favorite Sons
An Era of Hard Feeling
The “Tariff of Abominations”
10. “The Reign of Andrew Jackson”
Nullification
A New Party
Part V – Slavery and the West
11. The Gathering Cloud
The Missouri Compromise
The Abolitionists
12. Texas
The “Reoccupation” of Oregon and the “Reannexation” of Texas
The Mexican War
13. The Compromise of 1850
The New Territory
The Omnibus Bill
The Four Years’ Truce
Part VI – The Crisis of Disunion
14. Approaching the Crisis
The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the Formation of the Republican Party
“A House Divided against Itself”
15. Secession
The Election of Abraham Lincoln
The Southern Confederacy
The Fall of Fort Sumter
16. The Civil War
The Opposing Forces
From Bull Run to Gettysburg
The Triumph of the North
Part VII – The Political and Industrial History of the Republic Since the Civil War
17. Twenty Years of Republican Supremacy
Reconstruction
The Aftermath of the War
A New Industrial Age
18. The Cleveland Democracy
A People’s President
A Billion Dollar Country
Problems of Cleveland’s Second Term
19. Entering the Twentieth Century
The Spanish War and the Philippines
The Roosevelt Policies
The Return of the Democrats
20. America and the World War
Neutrality
Participation
Problems of Peace
Edition Notes
First published 1915.
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