03469_00_FM_pi-xxxii pp2.indd - CengageBrain
03469_00_FM_pi-xxxii pp2.indd - CengageBrain
03469_00_FM_pi-xxxii pp2.indd - CengageBrain
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Licensed to:<br />
xii CONTENTS<br />
Free Schools for a Free People 280<br />
Higher Goals for Higher Learning 281<br />
An Age of Reform 283<br />
Demon Rum—The “Old Deluder” 284<br />
Women in Revolt 285<br />
Wilderness Uto<strong>pi</strong>as 287<br />
The Dawn of Scientific Achievement 288<br />
Artistic Achievements 290<br />
The Blossoming of a National<br />
Literature 291<br />
Trumpeters of Transcendentalism 292<br />
Glowing Literary Lights 294<br />
Literary Individualists and<br />
Dissenters 295<br />
Portrayers of the Past 296<br />
TO LEARN MORE 297<br />
16 THE SOUTH AND<br />
THE SLAVERY CONTROVERSY<br />
1793–1860 298<br />
“Cotton Is King!” 298<br />
CHRONOLOGY 299<br />
The Planter “Aristocracy” 3<strong>00</strong><br />
Slaves of the Slave System 301<br />
The White Majority 302<br />
Free Blacks: Slaves Without<br />
Masters 305<br />
Plantation Slavery 306<br />
Life Under the Lash 307<br />
The Burdens of Bondage 309<br />
Early Abolitionism 310<br />
Radical Abolitionism 311<br />
THINKING GLOBALLY The Struggle to<br />
Abolish Slavery 312<br />
The South Lashes Back 315<br />
The Abolitionist Impact in the North 316<br />
TO LEARN MORE 317<br />
17 MANIFEST DESTINY AND<br />
ITS LEGACY 1841–1848 318<br />
The Accession of “Tyler Too”<br />
CHRONOLOGY 319<br />
318<br />
John Tyler: A President Without a<br />
Party 320<br />
A War of Words with Britain 321<br />
Manipulating the Maine Maps 322<br />
The Lone Star of Texas Shines Alone 323<br />
The Belated Texas Nuptials 324<br />
Oregon Fever Populates Oregon 324<br />
A Mandate (?) for Manifest Destiny 325<br />
Polk the Purposeful 327<br />
Misunderstandings with Mexico<br />
American Blood on American (?)<br />
329<br />
Soil 330<br />
The Mastering of Mexico 331<br />
Fighting Mexico for Peace 333<br />
Profit and Loss in Mexico<br />
TO LEARN MORE 336<br />
333<br />
18 RENEWING THE SECTIONAL<br />
STRUGGLE 1848–1854 337<br />
The Popular Sovereignty Panacea<br />
CHRONOLOGY 338<br />
Political Triumphs for General<br />
337<br />
Taylor 339<br />
“Californy Gold” 340<br />
Sectional Balance and the Underground<br />
Railroad 341<br />
Twilight of the Senatorial Giants 343<br />
Deadlock and Danger on Ca<strong>pi</strong>tol Hill 344<br />
Breaking the Congressional Logjam 345<br />
Balancing the Compromise Scales 346<br />
Defeat and Doom for the Whigs 348<br />
Expansionist Stirrings South of the<br />
Border 349<br />
Copyright 2<strong>00</strong>9 Cengage Learning, Inc. All Rights Reserved. May not be co<strong>pi</strong>ed, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.
Change language