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| Re-Viewing the Past Debating the Past |
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| Preface |
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| Prologue Beginnings |
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1 | (1) |
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The Demise of the Big Mammals |
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2 | (2) |
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The Archaic Period: A World Without Big Mammals, 9000 B.C.E.-1000 B.C.E. |
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4 | (1) |
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The First Sedentary Communities, 1000 B.C.E. |
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4 | (3) |
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Corn Transforms the Southwest |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (1) |
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Population Growth After 800 |
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9 | (1) |
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Cahokia: The Hub of Mississippian Culture |
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10 | (2) |
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The Collapse of Urban Centers |
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12 | (2) |
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American Beginnings in Eurasia and Africa |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (2) |
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Alien Encounters: Europe in the Americas |
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17 | (30) |
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17 | (3) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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Relativity of Cultural Values |
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22 | (1) |
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Disease and Population Losses |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (2) |
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The Settlement of Virginia |
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26 | (4) |
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``Purifying'' the Church of England |
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30 | (1) |
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Bradford and Plymouth Colony |
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31 | (2) |
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Winthrop and Massachusetts Bay Colony |
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33 | (2) |
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Troublemakers: Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson |
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35 | (3) |
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Other New England Colonies |
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38 | (1) |
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French and Dutch Settlements |
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38 | (1) |
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Maryland and the Carolinas |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (3) |
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Indians and Europeans as ``Americanizers'' |
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44 | (3) |
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American Society in the Making |
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47 | (33) |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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``Solving'' the Labor Shortage: Slavery |
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51 | (2) |
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Prosperity in a Pipe: Tobacco |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (3) |
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Home and Family in the South |
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59 | (1) |
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Georgia and the Back Country |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (1) |
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Puritan Women and Children |
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63 | (1) |
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Visible Puritan Saints and Others |
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64 | (1) |
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Democracies Without Democrats |
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65 | (1) |
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The Dominion of New England |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (2) |
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Prosperity Undermines Puritanism |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (3) |
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The Middle Colonies: Economic Basis |
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74 | (1) |
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The Middle Colonies: An Intermingling of Peoples |
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75 | (2) |
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``The Best Poor Man's Country'' |
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77 | (1) |
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The Politics of Diversity |
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77 | (3) |
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America in the British Empire |
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80 | (42) |
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The British Colonial System |
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80 | (3) |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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The Effects of Mercantilism |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (3) |
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The Rise and Fall of Jonathan Edwards |
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90 | (2) |
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The Enlightenment in America |
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92 | (1) |
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Colonial Scientific Achievements |
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93 | (2) |
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Repercussions of Distant Wars |
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95 | (2) |
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The Great War for the Empire |
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97 | (3) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (2) |
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Tightening Imperial Controls |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (1) |
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American Colonists Demand Rights |
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107 | (1) |
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The Stamp Act: The Pot Set to Boiling |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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From Resistance to Revolution |
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118 | (4) |
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122 | (37) |
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``The Shot Heard Round the World'' |
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123 | (1) |
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The Second Continental Congress |
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124 | (1) |
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The Battle of Bunker Hill |
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125 | (1) |
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125 | (5) |
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1776: The Balance of Forces |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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Saratoga and the French Alliance |
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134 | (4) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (2) |
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Forming a National Government |
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143 | (3) |
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146 | (2) |
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State Republican Governments |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (2) |
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Effects of the Revolution on Women |
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151 | (2) |
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Growth of a National Spirit |
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153 | (2) |
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The Great Land Ordinances |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (3) |
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The Federalist Era: Nationalism Triumphant |
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159 | (32) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (2) |
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Daniel Shays's, ``Little Rebellion'' |
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162 | (1) |
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To Philadelphia, and the Constitution |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (3) |
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The Compromises That Produced the Constitution |
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166 | (3) |
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Ratifying the Constitution |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (1) |
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Hamilton and Financial Reform |
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174 | (4) |
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The Ohio Country: A Dark and Bloody Ground |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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Federalists and Republicans: The Rise of Political Parties |
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180 | (1) |
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1794: Crisis and Resolution |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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1795: All's Well That Ends Well |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (2) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (2) |
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The Alien and Sedition Acts |
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188 | (1) |
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The Kentucky and Virginia Resolves |
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188 | (3) |
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191 | (25) |
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The Federalist Contribution |
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192 | (1) |
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Thomas Jefferson: Political Theorist |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (1) |
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Jefferson's Attack on the Judiciary |
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196 | (2) |
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198 | (1) |
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198 | (4) |
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The Federalists Discredited |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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The Impressment Controversy |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (5) |
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216 | (32) |
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216 | (1) |
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Tecumesh and Indian Resistance |
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217 | (1) |
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Depression and Land Hunger |
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218 | (3) |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (4) |
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Britain Assumes the Offensive |
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225 | (2) |
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``The Star Spangled Banner'' |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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The Battle of New Orleans |
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229 | (2) |
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Victory Weakens the Federalists |
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231 | (1) |
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Anglo-American Rapprochement |
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232 | (1) |
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The Transcontinental Treaty |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (3) |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (3) |
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242 | (2) |
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John Quincy Adams as President |
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244 | (1) |
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Calhoun's Exposition and Protest |
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244 | (2) |
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The Meaning of Sectionalism |
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246 | (2) |
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Toward a National Economy |
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248 | (26) |
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Gentility and the Consumer Revolution |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (2) |
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An Industrial Proletariat? |
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251 | (1) |
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Lowell's Waltham System: Women as Factory Workers |
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252 | (2) |
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Irish and German Immigrants |
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254 | (1) |
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The Persistence of the Household System |
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255 | (1) |
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255 | (1) |
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Cotton Revolutionizes the South |
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256 | (2) |
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258 | (3) |
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261 | (2) |
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Transportation and the Government |
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263 | (1) |
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Development of Steamboats |
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264 | (2) |
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266 | (1) |
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New York City: Emporium of the Western World |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (6) |
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274 | (25) |
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``Democratizing'' Politics |
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275 | (1) |
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1828: The New Party System in Embryo |
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276 | (2) |
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278 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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President of All the People |
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279 | (1) |
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Jackson: ``The Bank . . . I Will Kill It!'' |
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280 | (2) |
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282 | (2) |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (2) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (2) |
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Martin Van Buren: Jacksonianism Without Jackson |
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293 | (2) |
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295 | (4) |
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The Making of Middle-Class America |
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299 | (22) |
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300 | (1) |
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300 | (2) |
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302 | (1) |
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The Second Great Awakening |
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303 | (2) |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (3) |
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309 | (3) |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (3) |
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316 | (5) |
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321 | (15) |
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In Search of Native Grounds |
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321 | (2) |
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The Romantic View of Life |
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323 | (1) |
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323 | (2) |
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325 | (2) |
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327 | (1) |
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327 | (2) |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (2) |
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Reading and the Dissemination of Culture |
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332 | (1) |
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The State of the Colleges |
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333 | (3) |
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336 | (23) |
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336 | (1) |
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The Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
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337 | (1) |
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338 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
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340 | (2) |
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342 | (2) |
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344 | (1) |
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345 | (1) |
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To the Halls of Montezuma |
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346 | (3) |
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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349 | (1) |
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The Fruits of Victory: Further Enlargement of the United States |
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350 | (1) |
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Slavery: The Fire Bell in the Night Rings Again |
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350 | (2) |
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352 | (1) |
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353 | (2) |
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355 | (4) |
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The Sections Go Their Ways |
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359 | (23) |
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359 | (2) |
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361 | (4) |
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Psychological Effects of Slavery |
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365 | (2) |
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Manufacturing in the South |
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367 | (1) |
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The Northern Industrial Juggernaut |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (1) |
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370 | (1) |
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371 | (1) |
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Steam Conquers the Atlantic |
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372 | (2) |
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374 | (1) |
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375 | (1) |
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Railroads and the Economy |
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376 | (3) |
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Railroads and the Sectional Conflict |
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379 | (1) |
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The Economy on the Eve of Civil War |
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380 | (2) |
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The Coming of the Civil War |
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382 | (29) |
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The Slave Power Comes North |
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382 | (1) |
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383 | (1) |
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Diversions Abroad: The ``Young America'' Movement |
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384 | (1) |
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Stephen Douglas: ``The Little Giant'' |
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385 | (1) |
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386 | (3) |
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Know-Nothings, Republicans, and the Demise of the Two-Party System |
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389 | (1) |
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390 | (3) |
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Senator Sumner Becomes a Martyr for Abolitionism |
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393 | (1) |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (2) |
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The Lecompton Constitution |
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397 | (1) |
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398 | (1) |
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
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399 | (3) |
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402 | (2) |
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404 | (3) |
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407 | (4) |
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The War to Save the Union |
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411 | (36) |
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411 | (1) |
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Fort Sumter: The First Shot |
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412 | (1) |
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413 | (3) |
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The Test of Battle: Bull Run |
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416 | (1) |
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417 | (1) |
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418 | (1) |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (1) |
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McClellan: The Reluctant Warrior |
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421 | (2) |
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Lee Counterattacks: Antietam |
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423 | (2) |
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The Emancipation Proclamation |
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425 | (2) |
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427 | (1) |
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427 | (1) |
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African American Soldiers |
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428 | (1) |
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429 | (3) |
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Lincoln Finds His General: Grant at Vicksburg |
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432 | (2) |
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Economic and Social Effects, North and South |
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434 | (2) |
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436 | (2) |
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438 | (1) |
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439 | (2) |
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To Appomattox Court House |
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441 | (2) |
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Winners, Losers, and the Future |
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443 | (4) |
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Reconstruction and the South |
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Presidential Reconstruction |
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448 | (2) |
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450 | (1) |
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Congress Rejects Johnsonian Reconstruction |
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451 | (1) |
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452 | (1) |
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453 | (1) |
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454 | (1) |
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455 | (1) |
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``Black Republican'' Reconstruction: Scalawags and Carpetbaggers |
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456 | (3) |
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459 | (2) |
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Sharecropping and the Crop-Lien System |
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461 | (2) |
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463 | (2) |
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465 | (1) |
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The Disputed Election of 1876 |
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466 | (3) |
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1 | (1) |
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The Declaration of Independence |
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3 | (3) |
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The Constitution of the United States of America |
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6 | (8) |
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Amendments to the Constitution |
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14 | (7) |
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21 | (26) |
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47 | (21) |
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Present-day United States |
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68 | (2) |
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| Credits |
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1 | (1) |
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