Title: The middle period, 1817-1858,
Authors: Burgess, John William, 1844-1931
Publisher: Scribner,
Year: 1897
Subjects: United States Politics and government; United States History
Contents: The nationalization of the old Republican party -- The acquisition of Florida -- Slavery in the United States before 1820 -- The creation of the commonwealth of Missouri -- The beginning of the particularistic reaction -- The presidential election of 1824 -- The division of the Republican party -- Democratic opposition to internal improvements and protection -- The United States bank and the presidential contest of 1832 -- Nullification -- Abolition -- The bank, the sub-treasury, and party development between 1832 and 1842 -- Texas -- Oregon -- The "re-annexation of Texas and the re-occupation of Oregon" -- The war with Mexico -- The organization of Oregon territory and the compromise of 1850 -- The execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, and the election of 1852 -- The repeal of the Missouri Compromise -- The struggle for Kansas -- The Dred Scott case -- The struggle for Kansas concluded.