CHAPTER IV. THE CREATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MISSOURI, . . . . . . . . 61 CHAPTER V. THE BEGINNING OF THE PARTICULARISTIC REACTION, . . . . . . . . 108 CHAPTER VI. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1824, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 CHAPTER VII. THE DIVISION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 CHAPTER VIII. DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PROTECTION, 166 CHAPTER IX. THE UNITED STATES BANK AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST OF 1832, . 190 CHAPTER X. NULLIFICATION, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 CHAPTER XI. ABOLITION, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 CHAPTER XII. THE BANK, THE SUB-TREASURY, AND PARTY DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN 1832 AND 1842, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 CHAPTER XIII. TEXAS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 CHAPTER XIV. OREGON, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 CHAPTER XV. THE "RE-ANNEXATION OF TEXAS AND THE RE-OCCUPATION OF OREGON," 318 CHAPTER XVI. THE WAR WITH MEXICO, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 CHAPTER XVII. THE ORGANIZATION OF OREGON TERRITORY AND THE COMPROMISE OF 1850, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXECUTION OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW, AND THE ELECTION OF 1852, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 CHAPTER XIX. THE REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE, . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 CHAPTER XX. THE STRUGGLE FOR KANSAS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 CHAPTER XXI. THE DRED SCOTT CASE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 CHAPTER XXII. THE STRUGGLE FOR KANSAS CONCLUDED, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 APPENDIX I. THE ELECTORAL VOTE IN DETAIL, 1820-1856, . . . . . . . . . . . 475 APPENDIX II. THE CABINETS OF MONROE, ADAMS, JACKSON, VAN BUREN, HARRISON, TYLER, POLK, TAYLOR, FILLMORE, PIERCE, AND BUCHANAN--1816-1858, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 CHRONOLOGY, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 BIBLIOGRAPHY, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 INDEX, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 LIST OF MAPS. FACING PAGE FLORIDA AT THE TIME OF ACQUISITION, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 TEXAS AT THE TIME OF ANNEXATION, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 OREGON AS DETERMINED BY THE TREATY OF 1846, . . . . . . . . . . 312 CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO IN 1850, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 NEBRASKA AND KANSAS, 1854-1861, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 THE MIDDLE PERIOD {1} CHAPTER I. THE NATIONALIZATION OF THE OLD REPUBLICAN PARTY