The new nation
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
Print Book, English, ©1999
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Oxford University Press, New York, ©1999
A history of US, bk. 4
Literature
192 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
9780195127577, 9780195127584, 9780195127744, 9780329181413, 0195127579, 0195127587, 0195127749, 0329181416
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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?