From Jackson to Lincoln
Democracy and Dissent

Robert Parks, Christine Nelson, Stephanie Wiles, and Lori Gilbert. Introduction by David Brion Davis

1995 | 96 pages | Paper $27.50
American History
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Table of Contents

Preface

A Documentary Mosaic of America
From Jackson to Lincoln: Democracy and Dissent
"Native Principles"
The United States in 1820: The Missouri Compromise
The Presidency of Andrew Jackson
Removal of Native Americans
An Age of Reform
American Literature Comes of Age
Audubon and the Artist-Naturalist Tradition in America
An Age of Exploration and Innovation
The Annexation of Texas and the Mexican War
Intensification of Sectionalism
"A House Divided" And the Election of 1860

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