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List of most recent chapters published for the History of the United States novel. A total of 183 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.by E. Benjamin Andrews.VOLUME I.NEW YORK.CHARLES SCRIBNER&#
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.by E. Benjamin Andrews.VOLUME I.NEW YORK.CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.1912.TO MY WIFE.PREFACE.Notwithstanding the number of United States histories already in existence, and the excellence of many of them, I venture to think that
- 101 John Sherman.[Ill.u.s.tration: Working at desk.]Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury.[Ill.u.s.tration: Working at desk.]John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy.[Ill.u.s.tration: Working at desk.]Cornelius N. Bliss, Secretary of the Interior.[Ill.u.s.trati
- 102 The granite mausoleum in Riverside Park, New York City, designed to receive the remains of General Grant, was completed in 1897, and upon the 27th of April, that year, formally presented to the city. Ten days previously the body had been removed thither f
- 103 Admiral Cervera's departure westward from the Cape Verde Islands, and the subsequent discovery of his squadron in the harbor of Santiago, determined the Government to invest that city. The navy acted with prompt.i.tude. Commodore Schley first, then,
- 104 CHAPTER XIII."CUBA LIBRE"[1898-1902]As if Santiago had not afforded "glory enough for all," some disparaged Admiral Sampson's part in the battle, others Admiral Schley's. As commander of the fleet, whose routine and emergency
- 105 During the long session of the Fifty-seventh Congress, a Cuban reciprocity bill being before the House, the sugar-beet interest demonstrated its power. The House "insurgents," joining the Democratic members, overrode the Speaker and the Ways and
- 106 [Ill.u.s.tration]Gen. Frederick Funston, Gen. A. McArthur.It being already obvious that Spain had not redressed, and had no intention of redressing, abuses in the Philippines, Aguinaldo and his aides planned to return. The American war was their opportuni
- 107 All demanded that abuses in connection with our rule should be punished and the repet.i.tion of such made impossible, and that whatever power we exercised should be lodged, without regard to party, in the hands of men of approved fitness and high and huma
- 108 Our money volume now expanded as rapidly as in 1896 advocates of free coinage could have expected even with the aid of free silver. July 1, 1900. the circulation was $2,055,150,998. as against $1,650.223,0400 four years before. Nearly $163,000,000 in gold
- 109 THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, 1901 The time had come for North and South America to unite in a n.o.ble enterprise ill.u.s.trating their community of interests. United States people were deplorably ignorant of their southern neighbors, this accounting in pa
- 110 Next behind him followed a boyish-looking workman, his right hand swathed in a handkerchief. As the first made way Mr. McKinley extended his hand to the young man's unenc.u.mbered left. The next instant the bandaged right arm raised itself and two sh
- 111 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. by E. Benjamin Andrews. VOLUME VI. NEW YORK. CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS. 1912. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT Career of Theodore Roosevelt. Characteristics. Temper and Method. Administration. Reciprocity. Tru
- 112 The Shoshone Dam. The Truckee-Carson Ca.n.a.l. Proceeds from Sales of Public Lands. Reclamation of the Swamp Lands. The Mississippi Basin. The Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways a.s.sociation. Projects Submitted by the Inland Waterways Commission. Appropria
- 113 Great Increase in Immigration. Change in Its Character. Gain in Percentage from Southern Europe over that from Northern Europe. Reasons Why These Foreigners Emigrate to America. The Immigration Act of 1907. And Its Effect. The Emigration of Italians. Slav
- 114 Personal Fitness of the Candidates. Fear of the Power of Great Corporations. Efficiency of President Roosevelts Administration. Results of the Election. CHAPTER XV. THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT TAFT Inauguration of President Taft. His Cabinet. Increase
- 115 Tariff Revision. The Payne-Aldrich Bill Pa.s.sed. Criticism of the Cotton Schedule. Of the Wool Schedule. The "Maximum and Minimum" Clause. Democratic Revision of the Tariff. Farmers Free List Bill. Reciprocity with Canada. President Taft and th
- 116 GOV. WILLIAM H. TAFT.THE BALTIMORE FIRE. (Lombard and Calvert Streets, showing Continental and Equitable Buildings).THE BALTIMORE FIRE. (Hopkins Place and German Street, looking east).OPENING DAY AT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION. PRESIDENT D. K.FRANCI
- 117 THE PANIC OF 1907. RUN ON THE KNICKERBOCKER TRUST COMPANY, 34TH STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE.THE PANIC OF 1907. UPTOWN BRANCH OF THE KNICKERBOCKER TRUST COMPANY, 125TH STREET.THE PANIC OF 1907. RUN ON THE COLONIAL TRUST COMPANY. LINE OF DEPOSITORS IN ANN STREE
- 118 PERIOD VII PROBLEMS OF THE NEW CENTURY 1902-1912 CHAPTER I THE RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT [1900]Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City, October 27, 1858. He was graduated from Harvard in 1880. At the age of twenty-three he entered the New York State
- 119 [Ill.u.s.tration: Portrait.]Copyright, 1901. by Pach Bros., N. Y: J. Pierpont Morgan.One effect of this organization at home was to place the s.h.i.+p Subsidy Bill, which pa.s.sed the Senate in 1901, for the time, at least, on the table. The sentiment of
- 120 The Spooner act of Congress, approved June 28, 1902, authorized the President to build an isthmian ca.n.a.l. The Panama properties and franchises were to be bought if he could get good t.i.tle and also obtain the fee of a right of way from Colombia; other
- 121 Opening Day at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.President D. K. Francis delivering the opening address.[Ill.u.s.tration: Large building with closely s.p.a.ced columns.]The Varied Industries Building.THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION.The Louisiana Purchas
- 122 [Ill.u.s.tration]Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y.Count Von Waldersee escorted by officers of the allied armies between lines of U. S. troops toward the Sacred Gate, Peking.During the following year came the Boxer Rebellion in which there were ma.s
- 123 Favorable replies to the invitation sent by President Roosevelt were received from all the nations. Russia, then in the midst of war with j.a.pan, while approving, stipulated that the conference should not be called until the end of that war. When peace w
- 124 This commission while carrying on its investigations discussed the general policy of conservation and suggested to the President the calling of a convention for the purpose of discussing the conservation of the nation's resources. Thus originated the
- 125 The term New South signifies the transition which has taken place through energy applied to the opportunities which that section of the United States offers. The South has natural gifts which in themselves will make it a marvel of wealth. The coast line m
- 126 For a number of years some of the European countries condemned American packing-house products. Abuses in the processes of preparing preserved meats were brought vividly before Americans by Upton Sinclair in his novel "The Jungle." The Departmen
- 127 Some contended for an issue of paper money and after a long discussion by the officials of the Treasury, it was decided to sell $50,000,000 worth of Panama two per cent bonds and $100,000,000 worth of three per cent notes in the hope of calling from its h
- 128 In 1899 statistics began to be compiled by means of which the race and nationality of aliens might be determined. From 1899 to 1907 about seventy-two per cent of the Slavic immigration came from Austria-Hungary. Since 1900 at least 100,000 aliens from thi
- 129 [1907]The Northern Securities Company is a corporation, formed under the laws of New Jersey, for the purpose of obtaining control of a majority of the stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad and part of the stock of the Great Northern Railroad. These roads
- 130 [Ill.u.s.tration: Portrait.]Rear-Admiral Charles S. Sperry.At Auckland Rear-Admiral Evans, who had spent forty-eight years in the navy, having reached the age limit of sixty-two years, was succeeded in command by Rear-Admiral Sperry. Unusual honors were a
- 131 Was.h.i.+ngton, D. C.[Ill.u.s.tration]Pittsburgh, Pa.CARNEGIE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES.May 6, 1905, the announcement was made of a gift of $10,000,000 for the purpose of providing retiring pensions for the teachers of colleges, universities, and technical sc
- 132 To others it appeared that the voters were willing to accept the protective policy with a promise for honest tariff revision in order to obtain a continuation of the Roosevelt policies.The popular vote is interesting mainly for what it showed concerning t
- 133 [Ill.u.s.tration]Photograph, Copyright, by Clinedinst. Was.h.i.+ngton.President Taft signing the proclamation making New Mexico a State, January 6, 1912.January 6, 1912, New Mexico, having complied with all conditions, was formally admitted into the Union
- 134 [Ill.u.s.tration: Map]CENTER OF POPULATION AT EACH CENSUS 1790 TO 1910.MEDIAN POINT 1880 TO 1910.[Transcriber's Note: Location is within a few miles of lat.i.tude 39 degrees. The longitude is approximately: 1790, 76.2; 1800, 77.0; 1810, 77.6; 1820, 7
- 135 The President vetoed all of these measures upon the ground that, since the Tariff Board was to make its report within a very short time, it would be wiser to defer action on the tariff until the report could be used.The Reciprocity Bill, which met the app
- 136 12. To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years; 13. To provide and maintain a navy; 14. To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; 15. To provide for
- 137 ARTICLE V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Const.i.tution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a convention for proposing amen
- 138 Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States
- 139 2. He has forbidden his governors to pa.s.s laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operations till his a.s.sent should be obtained; and, when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.3. He has refused to pa.s.
- 140 b.u.t.ton Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton.IV-PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES NAMES STATE PARTY YEARS VICE-PRES 1 George Was.h.i.+ngton Virginia All Parties 1789-1797 John Adams 2 John Adams Ma.s.s Federalist 1797-1801 Thomas Jefferson 3 Thomas Jeffers
- 141 Abolitionists, methods of, III. opposition to, in the South and North, III. schism in the ranks of, III. ignored the Souths dilemma, III. their opposition to Lincoln and Congress. IV. Acadia, named, I. ceded to England, I. expulsion of French from, I. Ada
- 142 the English in, I. treaty of France with, II. receives help from France, II. peace negotiations and treaty between England and, II. See United States. American Civic a.s.sociation, VI. American Protective a.s.sociation, V. Rail way Union strike, V. Americ
- 143 Atlanta, taking of the city of, IV. Atlanta, the iron-clad, IV. Atlantic fleet, cruise of, VI. Atwood, H. K., VI. Auckland, Atlantic fleet at, VI. Australian ballot, V., VI. Automobiles, VI. Ayllon, Vasquez de, cruise of, I. B Bacons Rebellion, I. Bailey,
- 144 and Bacons rebellion, I. proprietary of Carolina, I. Berlin decree, the, II. Bessemer steel, III. in the South, IV. Beveridge, Albert J., VI. Beveridge-Parsons Bill, VI. Tariff Commission Bill, VI. Bicycle, V., VI. Big Bethel, fight at, III. Billeting Act
- 145 nominated for President, 1900, V., VI. nominated for President, 1908, VI. characteristics of, VI. Buchanan, III. his vacillation, III. Buckner, General Simon B., IV., V. Buell, General, at battle of Pittsburg Landing, IV. Louisville, IV. Buffalo, Pan-Amer
- 146 Canada, triple movement of, I. the cession of, II. hostility for, II. the advance on, in war of 1812, II. and the fisheries question, IV. emigration to, VI. IV. reciprocity with, IV. Ca.n.a.ls in United States, III., VI. Cannon, Joseph G., VI. Cape Ann se
- 147 Chase, Secretary, IV. Chattanooga, movements around, IV. lumber trade and tannery of, IV. Cherokees, the, II., VI. Cherry Valley, ma.s.sacre at, III. Chesapeake affair, the, II. Chicago, first appearance of the word, I. in 1830, III. progress of, III. bec
- 148 riot proclamation, V. and Cuba, V., VI. Clinton, General, II. sends out plundering parties, II. at Charleston, II. his severity, II. returns to New York, II. deceived by Was.h.i.+ngton, II. Coal, anthracite, discovered, II. waste of, VI. conservation of,
- 149 naval operations of the, IV. England sides with, IV. Napoleon III. aids, IV. finances of, IV. Confederation, the Articles of, II. bound the States together, II. faults of, II. advantages of, II. propositions to reform the, II. no fundamental law, II. Cong
- 150 Cornwallis, General, follows Was.h.i.+ngton across New Jersey, II. at the battle of Camden, II. his triumphal march north, II. at Guilford Court-House, II. retreats to Virginia, II. at Yorktown, II. his surrender, II. Corporation laws in the fourth decade
- 151 his career and powers, III. sends cannon to St. Louis boxed up, III. and his government leave Richmond, IV. his capture, IV. excluded from Mexican war pension, V. Debs, Eugene V., Social Democratic Party candidate, VI. Debt, the Federal, at close of the R
- 152 takes Virginia settlers back to England, I. Du Lhut, explorations of, I. Dupont, Flag-Officer, IV. tries to seize Charleston, IV. Duquesne, Fort, I. Durand, E. Dana, VI. Dustin, Hannah, I. Dutch, the honesty of, I. their relations with the Plymouth coloni
- 153 att.i.tude of, in the civil war, IV. and the Alabama claims, IV. and the fisheries dispute, IV. English, the. See England. English Church, agitation in Maryland in favor of, I. in the colonies, I. English, William H., IV. Epidemics in Colonial America, I.
- 154 Finnborge, I. Fish, Hamilton, IV. Fisher, Fort, taken, IV. Fisheries dispute, the, IV. clause relating to, in treaty of 1783, IV. effects of war of 1812 on, IV. treaty of 1818 provisions, IV. reciprocity in, IV. effect on, of Canadian act of confederation
- 155 French, the. See France. French and Indian. war, the, I. Englands plans in, I. Braddock in, I. results of, II. a military training for the colonies, II. produced union of the colonies, II. removed a dangerous neighbor to the colonies, II. French Panama Co
- 156 losses at, IV. Ghent, the Treaty of, II., IV. Giddings, resolutions, III. Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, visits America, I. Gist, Governor, of South Carolina, III. Gladstone. W. K, his words on Was.h.i.+ngton, II Gold, search for, in America, I. 82; coinage, III.
- 157 H Hadley, fight at, in King Philips war, I. Hague peace conference, 1899. VI. second peace conference, VI. Hale, Nathan, story of, II. Hall, Captain, voyage of, I. Halleck, General, III., IV. at Corinth, IV. becomes General-in-Chief, IV. Haller, Major, hi
- 158 Henry, Prince, of Portugal, his patronage of all schemes of exploration, I. Henry, William, II. Hepburn Bill, the, VI. Herkimer, General, II. Hill, David B., VI. Hill, J. J., VI. on forest and soil waste, VI. Hitchc.o.c.k, Frank H., Postmaster-General, VI
- 159 Indians, American, misnamed by Columbus, I. characteristics of, I. groupings of, I. agricultural prosperity of, I. hostilities of, in Virginia. I. invade New Amsterdam, I. hostilities of Pequots, I. Dutch war with, I. kill Mrs. Hutchinson, I. restore gran
- 160 at second battle of Bull Run, IV. at Chancellorsville, IV. killed, 96. Jackson, Governor, of Missouri, III. James I., issues first English colonial charter, I. appoints commission to inquire into Virginia Company, I. James II. becomes king, I. makes Andro
- 161 Kendall, Amos, and telegraphy, III. Kentucky, resolutions on the sedition acts, II. becomes a State, II. and secession, III. the contest in, III. Confederate posts in, IV. clear of Confederates, IV. Bragg invades, IV. Kern, John W., nominated Vice-preside
- 162 Lee, General Charles, II. a traitor II. Lee, Fort, captured, II. Leisler, Jacob, I. Leon, Ponce de. See Ponce de Leon. Lewis and Clark expedition commemorated at Portland, Oregon, VI. Lexington, fight at, II. Leyland line of Atlantic steams.h.i.+ps, VI. L
- 163 Madison, James, the father of the Const.i.tution, II. Virginia plan the work of, II. an anti-Federalist. II. on the Federal debt, II., III. Magellan, circ.u.mnavigates the globe, I. killed, I. Magoffin, Governor, of Kentucky, III. Magrath, Judge, III. Mai
- 164 at the execution of George Burroughs, I. on "Devils authority," I. his learning, I. Mather, Increase, I. his learning, I. Matron, Margaret, tried as a witch, I. Matthew, Stanley, IV. Maximilian in Mexico, IV. Mayflower, the, 1. McClellan, General, campa
- 165 Minneapolis, IV. Minnesota, growth of, IV. Mint, the U. S., erected, II. Minuit, Peter, buys Manhattan Island, I. leads the first Swedish colony to America, I. Minute Men, II. Miranda, II. Missionary Ridge, capture of, IV. Mississippi, the, discovered by
- 166 Mounds, design of, I. forms of, I. Mukden, Port of, opened to nations, VI. Music in American churches, II. Muster, the old-fas.h.i.+oned, II. N Nadaillac, De, his theory concerning origin of man in America, I. Nagel, Charles, Secretary of Commerce and Lab
- 167 population, III. New Jersey, made over to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, I. character of population, I. its political vicissitudes, I. population in 1700 and later, I. ratifies the Const.i.tution, II. I. New Mexico, III. its growth slow, IV., VI.
- 168 Oglethorpe, Governor, of Georgia, I. Ohio Company, the, I. 349, 353. II. Ohio River, discovery of, I. Ohio, State of, population in 1830, III. Oil industry, the, III. Oklahoma, opened for settlement, V. purchase and settlement of, VI. admitted to Union, V
- 169 Penal legislation, in colonial America, I. in the fourth decade, III. Pendleton bill, the, IV. Penn, William, receives proprietors.h.i.+p of Pennsylvania, I. his character, I. his trials, I. his rule in Delaware, I. Pennsylvania, under proprietors.h.i.+p
- 170 Pious Fund case, the, VI. Pitt, William, in the French and Indian war, I. on taxation of the colonies, II. Pittsburg, named, I. strike at, IV. Pittsburg Landing, battle of, IV. Plymouth, the colony, I. its treaty with Ma.s.sasoit, I. hards.h.i.+ps of, I.
- 171 Prohibitionist party, convention, 1904, VI. convention, 1908, VI. Providence, Roger Williams settles at, I. population of, in 1800, II. Publicity Law, campaign, VI. Puerto Cabello, fort demolished, VI. Pure Food and Drugs Law, pa.s.sed, 1906, VI. Puritans
- 172 Revolution, the causes of, II.preparations for, II.dates from the Gaspe affair, II.opening act of, II.beginning of, II.the northern campaigns, II.the southern campaigns, II.closed by battle of Yorktown, II.ill-conduct of, II.expenses of, II.cessation of h
- 173 Sackville-West, Lord, reply to "Murchison" letter, V. St. Augustine, named by Melendez, I. St. Clair, General, evacuates Ticonderoga, II. St. Clair, Governor, expedition of, II. deposed from command, II. St. Johns taken, II. St. Lawrence, gulf and river
- 174 and slavery, III. attempted a.s.sa.s.sination of, IV. and the Trent affair, IV. Sewing-machines, III. Seymour, Attorney-General, I. Seymour, Horatio, IV. Shafter, Major-General W. R., in the Santiago campaign, V. Shaftesbury, Lord Ashley Cooper, Earl of,
- 175 growing feeling on subject of, III.plans for foreign conquest in behalf of, III.Alexander Stephens on, III.fostered anti-democratic habits of thought and action, III.the Confederate Const.i.tution on, III.slaves in Union lines, IV.universal emanc.i.p.atio
- 176 naval battle Manila, V. evacuates Cuba, cedes Porto Rico, sells Philippines, V. in American Revolution, V. Spaniards, treatment of American natives by the, I. Spanish-American war, V. Spanish coins, II. Specie payment, resumption of, IV. Sperry, Rear-Admi
- 177 Sumter, General, II. Sumter, the screw steamer, IV. Sun, N. Y., and the Moon Hoax, III. Sunday laws in colonial New England, I. Sunday-schools, II. Superst.i.tions in colonial New England, I. Supreme Court, its decision in the Dred Scott case, III. on own
- 178 Tec.u.mseh, II. Telegraph, instruction and use of, III. ocean telegraphy, III., V. Telephone, the. IV., V. Teller, Senator, and the silver question, in Republican Convention 1896. V. Temperance movement, III. Tennessee, becomes a State, II. and secession,
- 179 Tucson, Arizona, VI. Turner, Captain, his attack on Indians at Connecticut Falls, I. killed, I. Turners rebellion, III. Tuskegee Inst.i.tute, V. Twiggs, General, surrenders, III. Tyler, John, elected Vice-President, III. U Uncas, I. and Miantonomoh, I. Un
- 180 financial system of, VI. Treasury aids New York city in panic of 1907, VI. sells Panama bonds, VI. farms in, VI. reciprocity with Canada, VI. government by "initiative," VI. the "referendum" VI. the "recall," VI. by the peopl
- 181 Walker, William, expedition of, III.Wallace, General Lew, IV.defeated at Monocacy River, IV.War Department, the, II.War of 1812, II.ill-success of land operations, II.naval operations, II.opposition of Federalists to, II.att.i.tude of New England toward,
- 182 West, the, II. in 1830, III. growth of, III. the new, IV. growth of States and cities, IV. West India trade, III. West Virginia admitted to the Union, III. Wethersfield, founded, I. Weyler, General, and the Cuba rebellion, V. Wheeler, William A., IV. Whee
- 183 Wool, tariff on, III., VI. Worlds Fair, the, at Chicago, V. Wors.h.i.+p, public, in colonial New England, I. Wright, General, IV. Wright, Senator Silas, III. Wright, Wilbur and Orville, VI. Wyatt. Sir Thomas, I. Wyoming, Pa., ma.s.sacre at, II. Y Yeardley