Civil War America: Making a Nation, 1848-1877Routledge, 2014 M06 6 - 402 pages The American Civil War was without doubt the defining event in the history of the United States. This up-to-date analyisis of a critical period goes beyond the origins, course and consequences of the Civil War to bring in other important themes such as racial conflict, gender relations, religion, the popular memory and state formation. |
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... President of the United States , The United States Military ( Toes and friends unite in saying of their past deeds - ENOUGH . May they henceforth keep themselves always ready for action , and " have nothing else to do " ) , The State of ...
... President of the United States , The United States Military ( Toes and friends unite in saying of their past deeds - ENOUGH . May they henceforth keep themselves always ready for action , and " have nothing else to do " ) , The State of ...
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... President James K. Polk had acquiesced in the 49th parallel as the northwestern boundary line with Canada in 1846 and the Clayton- Bulwer Treaty of 1850 had calmed American fears about British imperialism in Central America, the United ...
... President James K. Polk had acquiesced in the 49th parallel as the northwestern boundary line with Canada in 1846 and the Clayton- Bulwer Treaty of 1850 had calmed American fears about British imperialism in Central America, the United ...
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... president Ulysses S. Grant, sat down to write his memoirs in 1884, he began his narrative with a deceptively simple sentence: 'My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral.' 9 Grant, a ...
... president Ulysses S. Grant, sat down to write his memoirs in 1884, he began his narrative with a deceptively simple sentence: 'My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral.' 9 Grant, a ...
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... President John Tyler, a states' rights Virginian, to embrace Clay's project helped the Democrats to reassert their Jacksonian-era dominance, the Whigs remained competitive in most areas of the country during the 1840s. Still dismissed ...
... President John Tyler, a states' rights Virginian, to embrace Clay's project helped the Democrats to reassert their Jacksonian-era dominance, the Whigs remained competitive in most areas of the country during the 1840s. Still dismissed ...
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... President Martin Van Buren, issued public statements indicating their opposition to immediate annexation. Clay secured the Whig nomination but Van Buren's hopes were dashed at the Democratic convention in Baltimore. Southerners played a ...
... President Martin Van Buren, issued public statements indicating their opposition to immediate annexation. Clay secured the Whig nomination but Van Buren's hopes were dashed at the Democratic convention in Baltimore. Southerners played a ...
Contents
Political Crises of the 1850s | |
Secession and Civil | |
The Quest for Southern Independence | |
The Union in Wartime | |
The Struggle Over Reconstruction 186576 | |
The Far West in the MidNineteenth Century | |
Reform Reaction and Reunion at the Dawn of the Gilded | |
The United States in the Era of Civil | |
Index | |
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