An Illustrated History of the USA
-- 10 -- W EST TO THE PACIFIC Territorial Growth to 1853 A41_l'I'_"'""'1'......G«.._....""""''''' 1842 III 18 00 th e westernbou ...
Formonthstill'explo re rsrowedandsailedtheir boatsuptheMissouri,hopingthatitwouldlead rhcmtothe Pacifi c. Sometimest1lt'yhadtow ...
A NE WNATION ZebulonPikeandtheGreat AmericanDesert Whi k·Lew is and Clarkwerecrossingth e plains and mounta inso ftheAmerican No ...
In 1844J amesK. Polk was electedPr es ide nt o f the UnitedScares.Polkbelievedstrongly in manifest desti ny .In thespeechat the ...
--11-- NORTH AND SOUTH In theyear 18 10 the rewere7."2millionpeopleillthe UnitedStates.For1.2millio nofthesepeopleth e wordsofth ...
MIssouriter rito ry. \vh ichwasparto f the Louisiana Pu rch ase.Southern ersarguedth atslavelabo r should beallowedin Misso uria ...
ANlwNATION EliWhitneyandthecottongin In 1793 a youngschool teachernamedEliWh i(llcy was visiting frien ds in the southern state ...
Topersuade southernersto agree toth ese arrangements.Congresspassed a newFug it ive Slave Act.This wasa lawto m akeit easierfo r ...
ANE\'iNATION 1)",,1Sr,'I1, Neithersidewon the struggletoco ntrolKans asill the 183 0s.Becaus eofthe tr o ub leth ere, C on g res ...
II NOWII!A S !)SOUTII HarrietTubman The most famous "conductor" on th e U nde r- g rou nd Railro ad v....as a young b lack woman ...
-- 12 - - THE CIVIL WAR OnMarch4,1~61.Abraham Lincol nto okth e oath ofofficeasPresiden toftheUnitedStates.Lessthana m o m hhad ...
homes.This oftenm adeth emfightwithmo re spirit than theUmonso ldiers. Southern er sd eniedth at theywerefight in g mainl y to p ...
A NE\'iN.'\TlON B y IR6 4 theConfe deracywasmnlllng ou t o f almos t e ver ytiling-me n. eqUlpmen r, fo od. mo ne y. A s fall co ...
TheGettysburg Ad d r ess Gettysbur g in Penn sylvan ia I S remem bered fo r two things.T hefirs tis thebattlethatwas fought ther ...
13 - - RECONSTRUCTION Onthe nigh tofApril13. 1865. crowd sofpeople movedthroug htheb righ tlylitstree tso f Washington to celebr ...
o Captain!my Captain! WahWhitmanis perhaps th emOSIfamousA mer- ican poeto f th e n in et eenthcentury. Duringthe Civil Warhe wo ...
ANswNATION ta k in gadvantageo f t h is."Theyhaven o tbeen punishedastheydeserve,"said o neR adic al Republican. In J u ly1866,d ...
nrl'K"KluxKI,J/fin/915. stares.WhenCongresswithdrewfederal tro o ps fromtheSouthinISn,whiteDemocratswon controlofthese.too.Recon ...
YEARS OF GROWTH -- 1 4-- MINERS, RAILROADS AND CATTLEMEN In March 1848,a g ro upofw or kmenw asbu il ding a saw m ill besidea st ...
edge. tolessth an eigh teenin chesa year i nthe west ernpans.Summe rraino ften poursdown in fi erceth u ndersto rms and can brin ...
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