The middle period, 1817-1858
By: by John W. Burgess.
Series: The American history series -- [v. 4]
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1897
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861; United States -- History -- 1815-1861
Table of contents: title: 1. The Nationalization of the Old Republican Party; title: 2. The Acquisition of Florida; title: 3. Slavery in the United States before 1820; title: 4. The Creation of the Commonwealth of Missouri; title: 5. The Beginning of the Particularistic Reaction; title: 6. The Presidential Election of 1824; title: 7. The Division of the Republican Party; title: 8. Democratic Opposition to Internal Improvements and Protection; title: 9. The United States Bank and the Presidential Contest of 1832; title: 10. Nullification; title: 11. Abolition; title: 12. The Bank, the Sub-Treasury, and Party Development between 1832 and 1842; title: 13. Texas; title: 14. Oregon; title: 15. The “Re-annexation of Texas and the Re-occupation of Oregon”; title: 16. The War with Mexico; title: 17. The Organization of Oregon Territory and the Compromise of 1850; title: 18. The Execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, and the Election of 1852; title: 19. The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise; title: 20. The Struggle for Kansas; title: 21. The Dred Scott Case; title: 22. The Struggle for Kansas Concluded; title: Appendix 1. The Electoral Vote in Detail, 1820-1856; title: Appendix 2. The Cabinets of Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan – 1816-1858