CONTENTS


[CHAPTER I.]

T

HE

N

ATIONALIZATION OF THE

O

LD

R

EPUBLICAN

P

ARTY

[CHAPTER II.]

T

HE

A

CQUISITION OF

F

LORIDA

[CHAPTER III.]

S

LAVERY IN THE

U

NITED

S

TATES BEFORE

1820

[CHAPTER IV.]

T

HE

C

REATION OF THE

C

OMMONWEALTH OF

M

ISSOURI

[CHAPTER V.]

T

HE

B

EGINNING OF THE

P

ARTICULARISTIC

R

EACTION

[CHAPTER VI.]

T

HE

P

RESIDENTIAL

E

LECTION OF

1824

[CHAPTER VII.]

T

HE

D

IVISION OF THE

R

EPUBLICAN

P

ARTY

[CHAPTER VIII.]

D

EMOCRATIC

O

PPOSITION TO

I

NTERNAL

I

MPROVEMENTS AND

P

ROTECTION

[CHAPTER IX.]

T

HE

U

NITED

S

TATES

B

ANK AND THE

P

RESIDENTIAL

C

ONTEST OF

1832

[CHAPTER X.]

N

ULLIFICATION

[CHAPTER XI.]

A

BOLITION

[CHAPTER XII.]

T

HE

B

ANK

,

THE

S

UB

-T

REASURY

,

AND

P

ARTY

D

EVELOPMENT BETWEEN

1832

AND

1842

[CHAPTER XIII.]

T

EXAS

[CHAPTER XIV.]

O

REGON

[CHAPTER XV.]

T

HE

"R

E-ANNEXATION OF

T

EXAS AND THE

R

E-OCCUPATION OF

O

REGON

"

[CHAPTER XVI.]

T

HE

W

AR WITH

M

EXICO

[CHAPTER XVII.]

T

HE

O

RGANIZATION OF

O

REGON

T

ERRITORY AND THE

C

OMPROMISE OF

1850

[CHAPTER XVIII.]

T

HE

E

XECUTION OF THE

F

UGITIVE

S

LAVE

L

AW

,

AND THE

E

LECTION OF

1852

[CHAPTER XIX.]

T

HE

R

EPEAL OF THE

M

ISSOURI

C

OMPROMISE

[CHAPTER XX.]

T

HE

S

TRUGGLE FOR

K

ANSAS

[CHAPTER XXI.]

T

HE

D

RED

S

COTT

C

ASE

[CHAPTER XXII.]

T

HE

S

TRUGGLE FOR

K

ANSAS

C

ONCLUDED


[APPENDIX I.]

T

HE

E

LECTORAL

V

OTE

IN D

ETAIL

, 1820-1856

[APPENDIX II.]

T

HE

C

ABINETS OF

M

ONROE

, A

DAMS

, J

ACKSON

, V

AN

B

UREN

, H

ARRISON

, T

YLER

, P

OLK

, T

AYLOR

, F

ILLMORE

, P

IERCE

,

AND

B

UCHANAN

—1816-1858


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