Great Events from History: American Series: 1831-1903Salem Press, 1975 - 2047 páginas The three-volume American Series of Great Events from History begins with the arrival of the Indians, the first Americans, from Asia and ends with the first manned lunar landing in 1969. Between these two noteworthy happenings, 336 additional events are studied in depth through the scholarly literature they have inspired. - Preface. |
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... began to change . On the eve of his departure , Morse saw the Paris semaphore system and was intrigued by its inefficiency and slowness . The possibilities of transmit- ting messages by electricity began to interest him . Morse brought ...
... began to change . On the eve of his departure , Morse saw the Paris semaphore system and was intrigued by its inefficiency and slowness . The possibilities of transmit- ting messages by electricity began to interest him . Morse brought ...
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... began . Lincoln's Inaugural Address dealt exclusively with the secession crisis . Other topics " about which there is no special anxiety , or excitement . . . ' were dismissed . He began by assuring the Southern states that " their prop ...
... began . Lincoln's Inaugural Address dealt exclusively with the secession crisis . Other topics " about which there is no special anxiety , or excitement . . . ' were dismissed . He began by assuring the Southern states that " their prop ...
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... began , the United States Navy was not a truly powerful sea weapon , but the approxi- mately ninety serviceable vessels did make up a substantial fighting force . Initially , Union authorities deployed this navy to implement the ...
... began , the United States Navy was not a truly powerful sea weapon , but the approxi- mately ninety serviceable vessels did make up a substantial fighting force . Initially , Union authorities deployed this navy to implement the ...
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abolitionists Abraham Lincoln Adams Additional Recommended Reading Ameri American Andrew Johnson Army bank became bill biography Brown California campaign century Chicago City Civil Company Compromise of 1850 Confederate Congress Dawes Act Democratic Douglas Dred Scott early economic election farmers federal forces Frémont Grant Henry historians Homestead Act immigration Indian industry institution issue Jackson Jacksonian James John Kansas Kansas-Nebraska Act labor land legislation Lincoln major Mayo Clinic ment Mexican Mexico movement Negro Nevins nomic North Northern organization Pacific Pertinent Literature political Pony Express President Presidential Principal personages railroad Reconstruction reform Republican Party river role route Secretary Senator sion slave slavery social South Southern Spanish-American War Summary of Event tariff telegraph territory Texas tion tional treaty Type of event Uncle Tom's Cabin Union United University Press volume vote Washington West Western Whigs William yellow fever York