Expansion and Conflict

Name: Expansion and Conflict
Author: Dodd, William Edward

Dodd, William Edward

United States -- History -- 1783-1865

Pierce, Franklin, for President, 182;
  inauguration, 184, 206;
  and Northwest, 231;
  program, 232;
  Pacific Railroad, 233;
  Cuba, 233;
  commercial expansion, 235;
  Eastern opposition, 235, 239.

Plantation, life in Old South, 137, 138;
  spread of system, 193.

Planters, rulers of South, 138;
  number, 139;
  and professional men, 139.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 226.

Poindexter, George, in Senate, 16;
  duelist, 32.

Polk, James K., 53;
  Speaker of House, 130;
  for President, 130;
  election and intentions, 131, 135, 140, 145;
  and Oregon, 149, 153;
  and Tariff of 1846, 151;
  vetoes Internal Improvements Bill, 152;
  sends Slidell to Mexico, 153, 155;
  and Mexican Treaty, 157;
  death, 160, 161;
  denounced by Sumner, 168;
  and Wilmot Proviso, 170;
  and Panama Canal, 174;
  and California, 175;
  recommendations, 232.

Pope, General John, given army, 299;
  battle of Cedar Mountain, 299;
  second battle of Bull Run, 300.

Popular sovereignty, 236, 255.

Population, of cotton belt, 12;
  of United States, 28, 40, 184;
  of West, 28, 40;
  of New England, 39;
  of New York, 40;
  of East, 40;
  of South, 40;
  foreign elements, 185.

Powers, Hiram, sculptor, 225.

Prentiss, Sargent, 90.

Presbyterians, in West, 33;
  in South, 142, 218;
  and slavery, 143, 145, 160;
  strong clergy, 220;
  members in 1860, 220;
  Princeton a center, 222.

Prescott, William H., 228.

President, one term demanded, 16;
  and Supreme Court, 51, 55.

Presidential campaign, of 1828, 3, 18, 19;
  of 1832, 69, 70;
  of 1836, 92;
  of 1840, 110;
  of 1844, 127;
  of 1848, 170;
  of 1852, 182;
  of 1856, 245;
  of 1860, 261.

Preston, Ballard, 171.

Preston, William C., 93.

Princeton College, Presbyterian center, 232;
  Southerners at, 224.

Pryor, General Roger A., and Fort Sumter, 275.

Public debt of United States, paid, 99.

Public education, in West, 34;
  in South, 142.

Public lands, 25, 26;
  squatters, 27;
  Benton and, 27;
  for schools, 34;
  Foot Resolution, 60;
  Preemption Bill, 60, 89, 108;
  sales, 91, 97;
  Specie Circular, 92;
  distribution of proceeds, 114, 116;
  for railroads, 203.


Quakers, 22.

Quitman, John A., 91;
  filibustering, 198.


Railroads, speculation in West, 92;
  and Jackson, 92;
  building, 192;
  opening grain region, 199;
  of South breaking down, 310, 323.

Randolph, John, 10, 11, 15, 16, 30, 132.

Rankin, John, anti-slavery worker, 119, 161.

Reeder, Andrew, Governor of Kansas, 243.

Religion, in _ante-bellum_ South, 143;
  American, of 1860, 216.

Republican party, in Wisconsin and Michigan, 241, 242;
  Northern and anti-slavery, 243;
  platform, 246;
  and Fremont, 246, 247, 251;
  and Douglas, 255;
  and Seward, 257;
  Chicago Convention, 261, 262;
  conciliatory, 270;
  loses seven States, 302.

Repudiation of state debts, 106;
  effect on Confederacy, 316.

Revenue, of United States, exceeding expenses, 92;
  surplus distribution vetoed, 92;
  surplus deposited with States, 92;
  defaulters, 96, 97, 98, 103.

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Expansion and Conflict

Dodd, William Edward

United States -- History -- 1783-1865

Pierce, Franklin, for President, 182;
  inauguration, 184, 206;
  and Northwest, 231;
  program, 232;
  Pacific Railroad, 233;
  Cuba, 233;
  commercial expansion, 235;
  Eastern opposition, 235, 239.

Plantation, life in Old South, 137, 138;
  spread of system, 193.

Planters, rulers of South, 138;
  number, 139;
  and professional men, 139.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 226.

Poindexter, George, in Senate, 16;
  duelist, 32.

Polk, James K., 53;
  Speaker of House, 130;
  for President, 130;
  election and intentions, 131, 135, 140, 145;
  and Oregon, 149, 153;
  and Tariff of 1846, 151;
  vetoes Internal Improvements Bill, 152;
  sends Slidell to Mexico, 153, 155;
  and Mexican Treaty, 157;
  death, 160, 161;
  denounced by Sumner, 168;
  and Wilmot Proviso, 170;
  and Panama Canal, 174;
  and California, 175;
  recommendations, 232.

Pope, General John, given army, 299;
  battle of Cedar Mountain, 299;
  second battle of Bull Run, 300.

Popular sovereignty, 236, 255.

Population, of cotton belt, 12;
  of United States, 28, 40, 184;
  of West, 28, 40;
  of New England, 39;
  of New York, 40;
  of East, 40;
  of South, 40;
  foreign elements, 185.

Powers, Hiram, sculptor, 225.

Prentiss, Sargent, 90.

Presbyterians, in West, 33;
  in South, 142, 218;
  and slavery, 143, 145, 160;
  strong clergy, 220;
  members in 1860, 220;
  Princeton a center, 222.

Prescott, William H., 228.

President, one term demanded, 16;
  and Supreme Court, 51, 55.

Presidential campaign, of 1828, 3, 18, 19;
  of 1832, 69, 70;
  of 1836, 92;
  of 1840, 110;
  of 1844, 127;
  of 1848, 170;
  of 1852, 182;
  of 1856, 245;
  of 1860, 261.

Preston, Ballard, 171.

Preston, William C., 93.

Princeton College, Presbyterian center, 232;
  Southerners at, 224.

Pryor, General Roger A., and Fort Sumter, 275.

Public debt of United States, paid, 99.

Public education, in West, 34;
  in South, 142.

Public lands, 25, 26;
  squatters, 27;
  Benton and, 27;
  for schools, 34;
  Foot Resolution, 60;
  Preemption Bill, 60, 89, 108;
  sales, 91, 97;
  Specie Circular, 92;
  distribution of proceeds, 114, 116;
  for railroads, 203.


Quakers, 22.

Quitman, John A., 91;
  filibustering, 198.


Railroads, speculation in West, 92;
  and Jackson, 92;
  building, 192;
  opening grain region, 199;
  of South breaking down, 310, 323.

Randolph, John, 10, 11, 15, 16, 30, 132.

Rankin, John, anti-slavery worker, 119, 161.

Reeder, Andrew, Governor of Kansas, 243.

Religion, in _ante-bellum_ South, 143;
  American, of 1860, 216.

Republican party, in Wisconsin and Michigan, 241, 242;
  Northern and anti-slavery, 243;
  platform, 246;
  and Fremont, 246, 247, 251;
  and Douglas, 255;
  and Seward, 257;
  Chicago Convention, 261, 262;
  conciliatory, 270;
  loses seven States, 302.

Repudiation of state debts, 106;
  effect on Confederacy, 316.

Revenue, of United States, exceeding expenses, 92;
  surplus distribution vetoed, 92;
  surplus deposited with States, 92;
  defaulters, 96, 97, 98, 103.

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