The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools (1905) (14781315302)

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Title: The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw), 1849-1942
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Publisher: New York, Boston (etc.) Silver, Burdett and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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by the people themselves, ledto a bloody struggle. The Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court of the United Statesdeclared that a negro had none of the legal Iiglits of citizenship, andthat the Missouri Compromise act was null and void. Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate, was elected Presidentin 1860. He declared that it was not his intention to interfere withslavery where it legally existed. Important events were : in Polks administration — Fremonts explo-ration of the West; in Taylors and Fillmores administrations — theNicaragua Canal treaty, the discovery of gold in California, and theLopez expedition against Cuba; in Pierces administration — the Gads-den purchase; in Buchanans administration — the John Brown raid andthe beginning of secession. COLLATERAL READING Popular History of the United States — Scribners. Vol. IV.The United States — Andrews. Vol. II.Building the Nation — Coffin. (For popular reading.)Uncle Tonis Cabin — Stowe. (For popular reading.)
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