Nothing New Press: The Story of the Great Republic Table of Contents

The Story of the Great Republic

Table of Contents.
Publisher’s Preface
Author’s Preface
Maps
I. The Beginning of the United States
II. Franklin’s Return
III. Troubles After the War
IV. The Constitution
V. The First President
VI. Washington’s Troubles
VII. A Wonderful Invention
VIII. Death of Washington
IX. The United States Buys Land
X. Our War Against African Pirates
XI. Death of Somers
XII. The First Steamboat
XIII. The Gerrymander
XIV. The War of 1812
XV. “Don’t Give Up the Ship”
XVI. The Star-Spangled Banner
XVII. Clinton’s “Big Ditch”
XVIII. More Land Bought
XIX. Jackson Stories
XX. Jackson’s Presidency
XXI. New Inventions
XXII. Whitman’s Ride
XXIII. The Mormons
XXIV. The First Telegraph
XXV. The Mexican War
XXVI. The Slavery Quarrel
XXVII. Daniel Webster’s Youth
XXVIII. Webster’s Speeches
XXIX. Early Times in California
XXX. The Discovery of El Dorado
XXXI. The Rush to California
XXXII. The Underground Railroad
XXXIII. The First World’s Fair
XXXIV. John Brown’s Raid
XXXV. Lincoln’s Youth (pdf format)
XXXVI. The First Shot
XXXVII. The Call to Arms
XXXVIII. The President’s Decision
XXXIX. Admiral Farragut
XL. The Monitor and the Merrimac

XLI. The Peninsular Campaign

XLII. Barbara Frietchie

XLIII. Lincoln’s Vow

XLIV. The Battle of Gettysburg

XLV. The Taking of Vicksburg

XLVI. Riots, Raids, and Battles

XLVII. The Burning of Atlanta

XLVIII. The March to the Sea

XLIX. Sheridan’s Ride

L. The Doings of the Fleet

LI. Lee’s Surrender

LII. Decoration Day

LIII. Lincoln Stories

LIV. Lincoln’s Rebukes

LV. A President’s Son

LVI. A Noble Southerner

LVII. Hard Times in the South

LVIII. The Atlantic Cable

LIX. The Best Way to Settle Quarrels

LX. Custer’s Last Stand

LXI. Our Nation’s One Hundredth Birthday

LXII. Gold for Greenbacks

LXIII. A Clever Engineer

LXIV. Death of Garfield

LXV. The Celebration at Yorktown

LXVI. Up From Slavery

LXVII. The Great Statue

LXVIII. A Terrible Flood

LXIX. Lynch Law

LXX. The Great White City

LXXI. The Explosion of the Maine

LXXII. The Battle of Manila

LXXIII. Hobson’s Brave Deed

LXXIV. Surrender of Santiago

LXXV. The Hawaiian Islands

LXXVI. The Annexation of Hawaii

LXXVII. The Philippine War

LXXVIII. The Assassination of McKinley

Timeline of the Great Republic

Recommended Reading

Bibliography

Index

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