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A History of the United States — Charles Kendall Adams

A History of the United States

Charles Kendall Adams

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 618 pages

A History of the United States is a school history textbook by Charles Kendall Adams and William P. Trent. Part of Allyn and Bacon's series of school histories, it offers a survey of the American past and its institutions. It is worthwhile for listeners seeking a structured historical overview.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON
ALLYN AND BACON’S SERIES OF SCHOOL HISTORIES
A HISTORY OF
THE UNITED STATES
BY
CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS
LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
AND
WILLIAM P. TRENT
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
REVISED EDITION
ALLYN AND BACON
Boston and Chicago

ALLYN AND BACON’S SERIES OF
SCHOOL HISTORIES
12mo, half leather, numerous maps, plans, and illustrations
———————
ANCIENT HISTORY.  By Willis M. West of the
University of Minnesota.
MODERN HISTORY.  By Willis M. West.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.  By Charles M. Andrews of
Bryn Mawr College.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.  By Charles K.
Adams, and William P. Trent of Columbia University.
THE ANCIENT WORLD.  By Willis M. West.
Also in two volumes: Pĵǡǵ I: Gǡŧŧŕŧ ĵƿŠ ǵƒŧ
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COPYRIGHT, 1903 AND 1909,
BY WILLIAM P. TRENT AND BY JOHN P. FISK,
L. S. HANKS, AND BURR W. JONES, EXECUTORS
OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
PREFACE.

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Contents

  1. PREFACE.
  2. CONTENTS.
  3. MAPS.
  4. ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
  6. PART I. PERIOD OF DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT, 1492–1765.
  7. PART II. PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION, 1765–1789.
  8. PART III. THE ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES, 1789–1825.
  9. PART IV. SPREAD OF DEMOCRACY AND EXTENSION OF TERRITORY, 1825–1850.
  10. PART V. THE EVE OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1850–1861.
  11. PART VI. THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1861–1869.
  12. PART VII. PERIOD OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1869–1902.
  13. APPENDIX A.
  14. APPENDIX B.
  15. APPENDIX C.
  16. INDEX.

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