Building a New Nation The Federalist Era

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The Jeffersonian Republicans, 1800-1823

By Christopher Collier

Discusses the events and personalities that shaped this country, from the hotly contested election of 1800 which brought Thomas Jefferson into office through the westward expansion to the War of 18...

Andrew Jackson's America, 1824-1850

By Christopher Collier

Examines the events and personalities, particularly President Andrew Jackson, that shaped the development of the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century.

The cotton South and the Mexican War, 1835-1850

By Christopher Collier

Examines the settlement of the area that became the southwestern portion of the United States, detailing how it evolved from land settled by Native Americans, to Spanish territory, to states that w...

The Drama of American History

By James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier

Slavery and the coming of the Civil War, 1831-1861

By Christopher Collier

Discusses attitudes and events that led up to the Civil War, particularly the institution of slavery.

The Civil War, 1860-1865

By Christopher Collier

Examines the people and events involved in the bloody war that pitted the Northern states against those that seceded to form the Confederacy.

Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow, 1864-1896

By Christopher Collier

Describes the struggles following the Civil War to decide how to deal with the newly freed slaves, through the years of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, sharecropping, and segregation.

The Rise of Industry 1860-1900

By Christopher Collier

Describes the period after the Civil War when the United States was becoming increasingly industrialized and technological, including the coming of the railroads, the rise of the large corporations...

A century of immigration

By Christopher Collier

Discusses the economic, social, and religious reasons why immigrants, predominantly from northern Europe, and then from eastern and southern Europe, came to the United States. Considers incidents o...