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THE PREFACE

THE TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE NORTHMEN DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD

LEIF ERICSON, WHO DISCOVERED VINLAND

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

EARLY EXPLORERS IN AMERICA

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, THE FIRST GREAT MAN IN AMERICAN HISTORY

PONCE DE LEON, WHO SOUGHT A MARVELOUS LAND AND WAS DISAPPOINTED

CORTÉS, WHO FOUND THE RICH CITY OF MEXICO

PIZARRO, WHO FOUND THE RICHEST CITY IN THE WORLD

CORONADO, WHO PENETRATED SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES BUT FOUND NOTHING BUT BEAUTIFUL SCENERY

DE SOTO, THE DISCOVERER OF THE MISSISSIPPI

MAGELLAN, WHO PROVED THAT THE WORLD IS ROUND

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE MEN WHO MADE AMERICA KNOWN TO ENGLAND AND WHO CHECKED THE PROGRESS OF SPAIN

JOHN CABOT ALSO SEARCHES FOR A SHORTER ROUTE TO INDIA AND FINDS THE MAINLAND OF NORTH AMERICA

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, THE ENGLISH "DRAGON," WHO SAILED THE SPANISH MAIN AND WHO "SINGED THE KING OF SPAIN'S BEARD"

SIR WALTER RALEIGH, THE FRIEND OF ELIZABETH, PLANTS A COLONY IN AMERICA TO CHECK THE POWER OF SPAIN

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE MEN WHO PLANTED NEW FRANCE IN AMERICA, FOUNDED QUEBEC, EXPLORED THE GREAT LAKE REGION, AND PENETRATED THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY

SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, THE FATHER OF NEW FRANCE

JOLIET AND MARQUETTE, FUR TRADER AND MISSIONARY, EXPLORE THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FOR NEW FRANCE

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

WHAT THE DUTCH ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD

HENRY HUDSON, WHOSE DISCOVERIES LED DUTCH TRADERS TO COLONIZE NEW NETHERLAND

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

FAMOUS PEOPLE IN EARLY VIRGINIA

JOHN SMITH THE SAVIOR OF VIRGINIA, AND POCAHONTAS ITS GOOD ANGEL

LORD BALTIMORE, IN A PART OF VIRGINIA, FOUNDS MARYLAND AS A HOME FOR PERSECUTED CATHOLICS (1634) AND WELCOMES PROTESTANTS

INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF FIRST SETTLERS OF VIRGINIA

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

PILGRIMS AND PURITANS IN NEW ENGLAND

MILES STANDISH, THE PILGRIM SOLDIER, AND THE STORY OF "PLYMOUTH ROCK"

JOHN WINTHROP, THE FOUNDER OF BOSTON; JOHN ELIOT, THE GREAT ENGLISH MISSIONARY; AND KING PHILIP, AN INDIAN CHIEF THE EQUAL OF THE WHITE MAN

JOHN ELIOT, A SUCCESSFUL MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS

KING PHILIP, INDIAN CHIEF AND HATER OF WHITE MEN

INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE MEN WHO PLANTED COLONIES FOR MANY KINDS OF PEOPLE

PETER STUYVESANT, THE GREAT DUTCH GOVERNOR

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF NEW NETHERLAND

WILLIAM PENN, THE QUAKER, WHO FOUNDED THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE

QUAKER WAYS IN OLD PENNSYLVANIA

JAMES OGLETHORPE, THE FOUNDER OF GEORGIA AS A HOME FOR ENGLISH DEBTORS, AS A PLACE FOR PERSECUTED PROTESTANTS, AND AS A BARRIER AGAINST THE SPANIARDS

INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE SOUTHERN PLANTERS

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, WHO FOLLOWED THE FATHER OF WATERS TO ITS MOUTH, AND ESTABLISHED NEW FRANCE FROM CANADA TO THE GULF OF MEXICO

LA SALLE PUSHED FORWARD THE WORK BEGUN BY JOLIET AND MARQUETTE

THE MEN OF NEW FRANCE

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FIRST GENERAL AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

THE "FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY"

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE MAN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY WINNING THE HEARTS OF FRENCHMEN FOR AMERICA

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THE WISEST AMERICAN OF HIS TIME

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

PATRICK HENRY AND SAMUEL ADAMS, FAMOUS MEN OF THE REVOLUTION, WHO DEFENDED AMERICA WITH TONGUE AND PEN

PATRICK HENRY, THE ORATOR OF THE REVOLUTION

SAMUEL ADAMS, THE FIREBRAND OF THE REVOLUTION

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE WITH GUN AND SWORD

NATHAN HALE

GENERALS GREENE, MORGAN, AND MARION, THE MEN WHO HELPED WIN THE SOUTH FROM THE BRITISH

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE MEN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY FIGHTING ENGLAND ON THE SEA

JOHN PAUL JONES, A SCOTCHMAN, WHO WON THE GREAT VICTORY IN THE FRENCH SHIP, "BON HOMME RICHARD"

JOHN BARRY, WHO WON MORE SEA FIGHTS IN THE REVOLUTION THAN ANY OTHER CAPTAIN

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE MEN WHO CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS, DEFEATED THE INDIANS AND BRITISH, AND MADE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THE FIRST WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES

DANIEL BOONE, THE HUNTER AND PIONEER OF KENTUCKY

JOHN SEVIER, "NOLICHUCKY JACK"

GEORGE ROGERS CLARK, THE HERO OF VINCENNES

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW REPUBLIC

ELI WHITNEY, WHO INVENTED THE COTTON GIN AND CHANGED THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH

THOMAS JEFFERSON, WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, FOUNDED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND PURCHASED THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY

LEWIS AND CLARK, AMERICAN EXPLORERS IN THE OREGON COUNTRY

OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, VICTOR IN THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE

ANDREW JACKSON, THE VICTOR OF NEW ORLEANS

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE MEN WHO MADE THE NATION GREAT BY THEIR INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES

ROBERT FULTON, THE INVENTOR OF THE STEAMBOAT

SAMUEL F. B. MORSE, INVENTOR OF THE TELEGRAPH

CYRUS WEST FIELD, WHO LAID THE ATLANTIC CABLE BETWEEN AMERICA AND EUROPE

ELIAS HOWE, INVENTOR OF THE SEWING MACHINE

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE MEN WHO WON TEXAS, THE OREGON COUNTRY, AND CALIFORNIA

SAM HOUSTON, HERO OF SAN JACINTO

DAVID CROCKETT, GREAT HUNTER AND HERO OF THE ALAMO

JOHN C. FREMONT, THE PATHFINDER OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

SPANISH MISSIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE THREE GREATEST STATESMEN OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD

HENRY CLAY, THE FOUNDER OF THE WHIG PARTY AND THE GREAT PACIFICATOR

DANIEL WEBSTER, THE DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION

JOHN C. CALHOUN, THE CHAMPION OF NULLIFICATION

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE LIBERATOR AND MARTYR

A POOR BOY BECOMES A GREAT MAN

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

TWO FAMOUS GENERALS

ULYSSES S. GRANT, THE GREAT GENERAL OF THE UNION ARMIES

ROBERT EDWARD LEE, THE MAN WHO LED THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

MEN WHO DETERMINED NEW POLITICAL POLICIES

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES

JAMES A. GARFIELD AND CHESTER A. ARTHUR

GROVER CLEVELAND

BENJAMIN HARRISON

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE BEGINNING OF EXPANSION ABROAD

WILLIAM McKINLEY AND THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE MAN WHO WAS THE CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY

THEODORE ROOSEVELT, THE TYPICAL AMERICAN

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

WESTWARD EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT

THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT OF POPULATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

GEORGE WASHINGTON GOETHALS, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PANAMA CANAL

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

MEN OF RECENT TIMES WHO MADE GREAT INVENTIONS

THOMAS A. EDISON, THE GREATEST INVENTOR OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY IN THE WORLD

TWO INVENTIONS WIDELY USED IN BUSINESS

AUTOMOBILE MAKING IN THE UNITED STATES

WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT, THE MEN WHO GAVE HUMANITY WINGS

JOHN P. HOLLAND, WHO TAUGHT MEN HOW TO SAIL UNDER THE SEA

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

HEROINES OF NATIONAL PROGRESS

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND SUSAN B. ANTHONY, TWO PIONEERS IN THE CAUSE OF WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE

JULIA WARD HOWE, AUTHOR OF THE "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC," AND HARRIET BEECHER STOWE WHO WROTE "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN"

FRANCES E. WILLARD, THE GREAT TEMPERANCE CRUSADER; CLARA BARTON, WHO FOUNDED THE RED CROSS SOCIETY IN AMERICA; AND JANE ADDAMS, THE FOUNDER OF HULL HOUSE SOCIAL SETTLEMENT IN CHICAGO

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OF OUR COUNTRY

HOW FARM AND FACTORY HELPED BUILD THE NATION

MINES, MINING, AND MANUFACTURES

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

AMERICA AND THE WORLD WAR

EARLY YEARS OF THE WAR

AMERICA ENTERS TO WIN

THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR CIVILIZATION CAME FROM

INTRODUCTION

THE OLDEST NATIONS

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

GREECE, THE LAND OF ART AND FREEDOM

HOW THE GREEKS TAUGHT MEN TO BE FREE

SPREAD OF GREEK CIVILIZATION

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

WHEN ROME RULED THE WORLD

HANNIBAL TRIES TO CONQUER ROME

ROME CONQUERS THE WORLD BUT GROWS WICKED

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

THE ROMAN REPUBLIC BECOMES THE ROMAN EMPIRE

WHAT ROME GAVE TO THE WORLD

THE DOWNFALL OF ROME

THE ANGLES AND SAXONS IN GREAT BRITAIN

CHARLES THE GREAT, RULER OF THE FRANKS

THE COMING OF THE NORTHMEN

ALFRED THE GREAT

THE NORMAN CONQUEST

THE STRUGGLE FOR THE GREAT CHARTER

SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

A PRONOUNCING INDEX

THE INDEX

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