List of Figures.
Series Editors? Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Traveling the Early American Republic.
Part I Building the United States:.
1. Origins.
1 First Inaugural Address of George Washington, 1789.
2 Tickagiska King Addresses President George Washington,
1789.
3 Western Pennsylvanians Petition Against Taxes, 1790.
2. The First American Party System.
1 A Federalist Appeal to Voters, 1792.
2 Abigail Adams on the Partisan Press, 1797.
3 Matthew Lyon Criticizes ?Aristocratic? Politics,
1797.
4 A Massachusetts Farmer Attacks the Federalists, 1798.
3. Recasting the American Nation.
1 First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson, 1801.
2 A New Name for the United States?, 1803.
3 Rules of Etiquette in Jefferson?s White House, 1803.
Part II Clashes East and West:.
4. Whose Land?.
1 Lewis and Clark Make American Claims in the ?Great
West,? 1805.
2 Tecumseh Speaks Out Against American Policy in the Old
Northwest, 1810.
3 An Artist?s Depiction of Scalping during the War of
1812, 1812.
5 Conflict on Many Fronts.
1 James Madison Justifies War with the British, 1812.
2 The Hartford Convention Denounces the War, 1814.
3 An Eyewitness Account of the Battle of New Orleans, 1816.
Part III The Postwar Nation Looks Forward:.
6. The Year 1819 in Image and Verse.
1 A Poem about a Panic, 1819.
2 Americans on Their Way to a Camp Revival, 1819.
3 A Satirist Looks at the American Militia, 1819.
7. The Future Course of the Republic?.
1 John C. Calhoun Promotes Federal Internal Improvements,
1817.
2 The American Colonization Society Appeals to Congress,
1820.
3 Maine Answers the ?Missouri Question,? 1820.
Part IV The Work of a New Republic:.
8. A Nation on the Move.
1 A Western Editor Endorses ?Old Hickory,? 1824.
2 The Erie Canal Hits the American Stage, 1830.
3 An Englishwoman Remembers Her First Illinois Winter, 1848.
4 Charles Ball Describes Moving in the Slave Trade, 1837.
9. Work at Home, Factory, and Field.
1 Lydia Maria Child on the Family Economy and Soapmaking,
1830.
2 Two Views on the Morality of Capitalism in the Early Republic,
1834 and 1836.
3 Henry Bibb Describes Slave Labor in the Cotton Fields,
1849.
10. A New Urban America.
1 Frances Trollope Describes Cincinnati, 1832.
2 A Poem Composed to Cholera (1832).
3 A Raucous Omnibus Ride in New York City, 1839.
Part V Renewal and Reform:.
11. The Soul of the Republic.
1 Radical Quakers Appeal to Frances Wright, 1828.
2 Rev. Charles Finney on Changing One?s Own Heart,
1836.
3 Zilpha Elaw Remembers Preaching in the North and South,
1846.
12. Improvement of Body and Soul.
1 Boston Physicians on Temperance, 1832.
2 Mathew Carey Advocates Reform for Seamstresses, 1833.
3 Sylvester Graham Denounces ?The Appetites,?
1837.
13. Anti-Slavery to Abolition.
1 African-American Leaders Reject Colonization Schemes,
1831.
2 Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery
Society, 1833.
9. Maria Stewart Speaks at the African Masonic Hall (1833).
Part VI Jackson?s America:.
14. The Rise of the ?Common Man?.
1 The Inauguration of Andrew Jackson, 1829.
2 David Walker Describes the Condition of Free
African-Americans, 1829.
3 Sarah Grimke Defends the Rights of Women, 1837.
15. Native Americans and the Common Man.
1 Andrew Jackson Attempts to Justify Indian Removal to Congress,
1830.
2 John Ross Explains the Position of the Cherokee Nation,
1834.
3 A Description of Native American Removal in Tennessee,
1835.
16. The Second American Party System.
1 A Violent Election Season in New York City, 1834.
2 Henry Clay on Whig Strategy, 1838.
3 New Hampshire Papers Debate the ?Log Cabin?
Campaign, 1840.
Part VII The American Continent:.
17. The Mississippi and Beyond.
1 Narcissa Whitman Describes Missionary Life in Oregon,
1836.
2 George Catlin Describes the Mandan Buffalo Dance, 1841.
3 Notchininga?s Map of the Upper Mississippi, 1837.
18. The Era of Manifest Destiny.
1 Sam Houston?s Inaugural Address for the Republic of
Texas, 1836.
2 An Editor Endorses the Idea of ?Manifest Destiny,?
1845.
3 Walter Colton on the Discovery of Gold in California,
1850.
19. War with Mexico.
1 President Polk?s War Message, 1846.
2 An American Sergeant?s Perspective on the War with
Mexico, 1847.
3 Guillermo Prieto Describes the Occupation of Mexico City,
1850.
Epilogue: The President and the Ex-Slave:.
1 Zachary Taylor?s Inaugural Address, 1849.
2 Frederick Douglass on ?Morals and Men,? 1849.
Bibliography.
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