Antebellum Era Primary Documents on Events from 1820 To 1860

Name: Antebellum Era Primary Documents on Events from 1820 To 1860
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ISBN: 9780313320798

ISBN-10: 0313320799

ISBN-13: 9780313320798

Edition: 2003

Authors: David A. Copeland

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Firsthand accounts offer students, scholars, or anyone interested in the pivotal period preceding the Civil War a look at how America's press covered important national issues and events of the day, from the passage of the Missouri Compromise through John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. Using editorials, letters, essays, and news reports that appeared throughout the country, Copeland reveals how editors, politicians, and other Americans used the press to influence opinion. These are the primary documents that displayed the pulse of the nation. Issues such as abolition, education, and women's rights are discussed along with important events such as the nullification crisis of 1832, the…

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List price: $94.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 12/30/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 440
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

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Series Foreword


Acknowledgements


Introduction


Newspapers and Antebellum America


The Missouri Compromise


The Back-to-Africa Movement


The Monroe Doctrine


The Elections of 1824 and 1828


The Massachusetts Public School Act, 1827


The South Carolina Tariff Conflict, 1828


The Indian Removal Act, 1830



Garrison and the Abolitionist Movement, 1831


Nat Turner and Slave Rebellions, 1831


The Nullification Act, 1832


The Battle of the Bank of the United States, 1832


The Penny Press and the Moral War, 1833


The Alamo and Texas Annexation, 1836


The Trail of Tears, 1838


The Amistad and Cinque, 1839


The Dorr Rebellion, 1842


Joseph Smith and the Mormons, 1844


Manifest Destiny, 1845


The Mexican War, 1846


The Wilmot Proviso, 1846


Seneca Falls and Women's Rights


1848 The California Gold Rush, 1848


The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act, 1850


Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852


The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854


The Caning of Charles Sumner, 1856


The Dred Scott Decision, 1857


The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858


John Brown's Raid, 1859


Chronology of Events


Selected Bibliography


Index