A beginner's historyMace, William H. (William Harrison)
History
A beginner's history
Mace, William H. (William Harrison)
United States -- History
=West Indies=, Columbus discovers and explores, 13, 15;
devastated by Drake, 41;
Paul Jones' expedition to, 196.
=Wheat=, 375, 417-419.
=Whig party, The=, 297, 298, 304, 319, 322.
=White, John=, 45, 46.
=Whitehaven=, Paul Jones' exploit at, 196.
=White Plains=, 134.
=Whitman, Marcus=, missionary, 243, 244.
=Whitney, Eli=, 226-229;
in his father's tool shop, 226;
goes to Savannah, 227;
invited to Mulberry Grove, 227;
becomes interested in cotton, 228;
invents cotton gin, 228;
effect of cotton gin invented by, 416.
"=Wilderness=," fighting in the, 336, 337.
="Wilderness Road," The=, 205-206.
=Willard, Frances E.=, 408-409;
early life of, 408;
and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 409;
death, 409;
portrait of, 409.
=William and Mary=, 90.
=William the Conqueror=, 488-489, 490.
=Williamsburg=, 159, 163, 230.
="Willing," The=, 220, 223.
=Wilson, Woodrow=, 428-431;
early life, 429;
practises law, 429;
as a teacher, 429;
president of Princeton, 429;
governor of New Jersey, 429-430;
portrait of, 430;
and Mexico, 430;
dismisses German ambassador, 431;
makes loans to Allies, 431;
at Paris, 442;
tours the United States, 443.
=Winslow, Edward=, 73.
=Winthrop, John=, 81-83, 147.
=Wireless telegraphy=, 268.
=Wolfe, General=, 114, 126.
=Woman's Christian Temperance Union=, 409.
=Woman's club=, 405-406.
=Woman's rights=, 401-404, 414;
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and, 402;
Susan B. Anthony and, 403-404;
Julia Ward Howe and, 406.
=Woman's Rights Convention=, first, 402.
=Woman suffrage=, 402, 403-404, 414.
=Women of our nation=, 400-416.
=Wood, Colonel Leonard=, 356.
=World's Columbian Exposition=, 16.
=World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union=, 409.
=World War=, 371, 424-443;
support of by the American people, 424-426;
attitude of United States in early years of, 426-429, 430-431;
nations involved in, 426,
naval events of, 427;
United States enters, 431-432;
size of, 433-434;
character of, 434-435;
Russia withdraws from, 437;
crisis of, 437-439;
American battles in, 439-441;
Allied victories in, 441;
close of, 442-443.
=Wright, Orville=, 390-394.
=Wright, Wilbur=, 390-394.
=Wyeth, Nathaniel=, 243.
=Xerxes=, 462.
=Yadkin River=, Greene crosses, 188;
Boone on the, 203;
Boone returns to home on the, 205.
=York, Duke of=, 89.
=Yorktown=, victory at, 139-140, 189.
=Zama=, battle of, 469.
=Zeppelins=, 391.
[Illustration: UNITED STATES
_Copyright, 1909, by Rand, McNally & Company._]
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