For permission to use the maps on pages 291, 313, and 327 the author expresses his thanks to the publishers of The Encyclopedia Americana.

In this connection cordial thanks are extended to Professor J. F. Jameson and Dr. C. O. Paullin, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, for the privilege of using the data which they collected on the election of 1828 and the vote in Congress on the Tariff of 1832. Likewise Mr. P. L. Phillips, of the Division of Maps of the Library of Congress, has given the author much assistance. Nor must I fail to say that many of my students have rendered practical aid in working out the details of several of the maps. Mr. Edward J. Woodhouse, of Yale University, very kindly read all the proof and prepared the index. And Professors A. C. McLaughlin and M. W. Jernegan, of the University of Chicago; Allen Johnson, of Yale; Carl Becker, of Kansas; and Frederic L. Paxson, of Wisconsin, have all given counsel and criticism on certain chapters which have been of great practical benefit.

But in making these acknowledgments for assistance rendered, it is not intended to shift to other shoulders any of the responsibility for statements or manner of treatment which may arouse criticism. The book is intended to be helpful, interpretative, and beyond any sectional bias. If the author has not been successful, it is not the fault of others, nor because of any sparing of personal efforts.

William E. Dodd.

CONTENTS

I.[Andrew Jackson]1
II.[The West]20
III.[The East]39
IV.[Conflict and Compromise]58
V.[The Triumph of Jackson]77
VI.[Distress and Reaction]96
VII.[The Militant South]114
VIII.[War and Conquest]147
IX.[The Abolitionists]161
X.[Prosperity]184
XI.[American Culture]208
XII.[Stephen A. Douglas]231
XIII.[Abraham Lincoln]251
XIV.[The Appeal to Arms]268
XV.[One Nation or Two?]289
XVI.[The Collapse of the Confederacy]309
[INDEX]xiv