Stories of Later American HistoryGordy, Wilbur F. (Wilbur Fisk)
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Stories of Later American History
Gordy, Wilbur F. (Wilbur Fisk)
United States -- History; United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
1. What are the four great industries taken up in this chapter? Can you
tell in what ways each of these is of special value to us?
2. Use your map in locating the cotton region; the wheat-growing region;
the cattle-raising region.
3. In what ways are coal, iron, and steel especially useful?
4. How are we all dependent upon one another? How may we be truly
patriotic?
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INDEX
Adams, John
Adams, Samuel
Alamo
Anna, Santa
Antietam, battle of
Appomattox Court House, Lee's surrender at
Atlanta, capture of
Backwoodsmen, life among
Barlow, Joel
Bon Homme Richard (bo-nom'-re-shar')
Boone, Daniel
Boone, Squire
"Boston Tea Party"
Brandywine Creek
Bull Run, battle of
Bunker Hill, battle of
Burgoyne (ber-goin'), General, his invasion
Cabinet, the President's
Calhoun, John C.
Camden, battle of
Carson, Kit
Cattle-raising
Cedar Creek, battle of
Cherokee Indians
Civil War
Clark, George Rogers
Clark, William
Clay, Henry
Clermont
Clinton, DeWitt
Coal
Colonies become States
Compromise, Missouri
Compromise of 1850
Concord, battle of
Confederate States of America, organization of
Congress, Continental, first meeting of
second meeting of
Congress, United States
Continental Army
Cornwallis, General
Cotton
Cotton-gin, invention of
Cowpens, battle of
Creek Indians
Custis, Mrs. Martha
Davis, Jefferson
Dawes, William
Declaration of Independence
Donelson, Fort
Dorchester Heights
Douglas, Stephen A.
Early, General, at Cedar Creek
Emancipation Proclamation
Erie Canal
Ferguson, Major
Fitch, John
Flatboat
Florida, purchase of
France aids the Americans
Franklin, Benjamin
Fremont, John C.
French villages, old, life in
Fulton, Robert
Gage, General
Gates, General
George III
Gettysburg, battle of
Gold, discovery of, in California
Grant, Ulysses
Greene, Nathanael
Guilford Court House, battle of
Hale, Nathan
Hamilton, Alexander
Hamilton, Colonel
Hancock, John
Hayne, Senator
Henderson, Richard
Henry, Fort
Henry, Patrick
Hessians
Houston, Sam
Howe, General
Hutchinson, Governor
Independence of the United States
Iron
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson, Thomas J. ("Stonewall")
Jay, John
Jefferson, Thomas
Johnston, Albert Sydney
Johnston, Joseph E.
Jones, John Paul
Kaskaskia (Kas-kas'-ki-a)
Kentucky
King's Mountain, battle of
Knox, Henry
La Fayette (Lae f[=a]-yet)
Lee, Robert E.
Lewis and Clark's Expedition
Lewis, Meriwether
Lexington, battle of
Lincoln, Abraham;
and slavery;
and the Emancipation Proclamation;
assassinated
Lincoln, General
Livingston, Chancellor
Livingston, Robert R.
Long Island, battle of
Louisiana Purchase
McClellan, General
Mandan Indians
Marion, Francis
Meade, General
Mexican Cession
Mexican War
Minutemen
Missouri Compromise
Mohawk Valley
Monroe, James
Morgan, Daniel
Morse, Samuel F.B.
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