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The new nation
Format:
Book
Title:
The new nation
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ISBN:
9780195127577

9780195127584

9780195127744

9780329181413
Edition:
2nd edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, ©1999.
Physical Description:
192 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Series title(s):
Number in series:
BK. 4.
Contents:
Preface : getting a nation started -- The father of our country -- About being president -- The parties begin -- A capital city -- Counting noses -- The Adams family moves to Washington -- About President Adams -- Alien and sedition : awful and sorry -- Something important : judicial review -- Meet Mr. Jefferson -- Meriwether and William-or Lewis and Clark -- "An orator in a red jacket speaks -- The great Tekamthi, also called Tecumseh -- Osceola -- The Revolutionary War part II, or the War of 1812 -- The other constitution -- That good President Monroe -- JQA vs. AJ -- A day of celebration and tears -- Old Hickory -- Yankee ingenuity : cotton and muskets -- Modern transportation -- Teakettle power -- Making words -- A time to weep -- The second Seminole war -- History's paradox -- A man who didn't do as his neighbors did -- African-Americans -- The king and his people -- Abolitionists want to end slavery Frederick Douglass -- Naming presidents -- A triumvirate is three people -- The great debate -- Liberty for all?
Summary:
Covers American history from Washington's inauguration until the first quarter of the 19th century, including the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark's expedition, and the beginnings of abolitionism.
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