Impetus given to immigration to America by the reaction after the fall of Napoleon――The second period of Jewish immigration―― First legislation about immigration (1819)――The first Jew in Cincinnati――Its first congregation, Bene Israel――Appeals to outside communities for funds to build a synagogue――The first Talmud Torah――Rabbis Gutheim, Wise and Lilienthal――Cleveland―― St. Louis――Louisville――Mobile――Montgomery and its alleged Jewish founder, Abraham Mordecai――Savannah and Augusta――New Orleans――Judah Touro. CHAPTER XIX. NEW SETTLEMENTS IN THE MIDDLE WEST AND ON THE PACIFIC COAST. Increase in general immigration――Estimated increase in the number of Jews――The natural dispersion of small traders over the country――Chicago――First congregations and other communal institutions――Indiana――Iowa: Polish Jews settle in Keokuk and German Jews in Davenport――Minnesota――Wisconsin――Congregation “Bet El” of Detroit, Mich.――The first “minyan” of gold seekers in San Francisco――“Mining congregations”――Solomon Heydenfeldt―― Portland, Oregon. CHAPTER XX. THE JEWS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF TEXAS. THE MEXICAN WAR. The first settler in 1821――Adolphus Sterne, who fought against Mexico and later served in the Texan Congress――David S. Kaufman――Surgeon-General Levy in the army of Sam Houston――A Jew as the first meat “packer” in America――Major Leon Dyer and his brother Isadore――Mayor Seeligsohn of Galveston (1853)――One Jew laid out Waco; Castro County is named after another――Belated communal and religious activities――The War with Mexico, in which only a small number of Jews served――David Camden de Leon and his brother Edwin, U. S. Consul-General in Egypt. CHAPTER XXI. THE RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENT. Political liberalism and religious radicalism of the German Jewish immigrant――The struggle with Orthodoxy hardly more than an animated controversy――No attempt made here by the Temple to swallow the Synagogue, as was the case in Germany――The first Reformers of Charleston, S. C.――Isaac Leeser, the conservative leader, the first to make a serious effort to adjust Judaism to American surroundings――Dr. Max Lilienthal――Isaac M. Wise, the energetic organizer of Reform Judaism――Dr. David Einhorn――Dr. Samuel Adler――Bernhard Felsenthal――Samuel Hirsch. CHAPTER XXII. CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM AND ITS STAND AGAINST REFORM.