A Beginner's History. William H. Mace

Thomas Jefferson, Who Wrote the Declaration of Independence, Founded the Democratic Party, and Purchased the Louisiana Territory 229 Lewis and Clark, American Explorers in the Oregon Country 238 Oliver Hazard Perry, Victor in the Battle of Lake Erie 244 Andrew Jackson, the Victor of New Orleans 245 The Men Who Made the Nation Great by Their Inventions and Discoveries Robert Fulton, the Inventor of the Steamboat 257 Samuel F. B. Morse, Inventor of the Telegraph 264 Cyrus West Field, Who Laid the Atlantic Cable between America and Europe 268 Cyrus McCormick, Inventor of the Reaper 272 Elias Howe, Inventor of the Sewing Machine 274 The Men Who Won Texas, the Oregon Country, and California Sam Houston, Hero of San Jacinto 277 David Crockett, Great Hunter and Hero of the Alamo 282 John C. Fremont, the Pathfinder of the Rocky Mountains 283 Spanish Missions in the Southwest 290 The Three Greatest Statesmen of the Middle Period Henry Clay, the Founder of the Whig Party and the Great Pacificator 294 Daniel Webster, the Defender of the Constitution 300 John C. Calhoun, the Champion of Nullification 306 Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator and Martyr A Poor Boy Becomes a Great Man 313 Andrew Johnson and the Progress of Reconstruction 328 Two Famous Generals Ulysses S. Grant, the Great General of the Union Armies 331 Robert Edward Lee, the Man Who Led the Confederate Armies 337 Men Who Helped Determine New Political Policies Rutherford B. Hayes 342 James A. Garfield 345 Chester A. Arthur 346 Grover Cleveland 347 Benjamin Harrison 349 The Beginning of Expansion Abroad William McKinley and the Spanish-American War 352 The Man Who Was the Champion of Democracy Theodore Roosevelt, the Typical American 360 William Howard Taft 369 Westward Expansion and Development The Westward Movement of Population and the Development of Transportation 372 George Washington Goethals, Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal 376 Men of Recent Times Who Made Great Inventions Thomas A. Edison, the Greatest Inventor of Electrical Machinery in the World 380 Two Inventions Widely Used in Business 386 Automobile Making in the United States 388 Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Men Who Gave Humanity Wings 390 John P. Holland, Who Taught Men to Sail Under the Sea 395 Heroines of National Progress Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Who Were the first to Struggle for the Rights of Women 400 Julia Ward Howe, Author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Who Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin 404 Frances E. Willard, the Great Temperance Crusader; Clara Barton, Who Founded the Red Cross Society in America; and Jane Addams, the Founder of Hull House Social Settlement in Chicago 408 Resources and Industries of Our Country How Farm and Factory Helped Build the Nation 416 Mines, Mining, and Manufactures 421 America and the World War Early Years of the War 424 America Enters to Win 431 The Conclusion of the War 437 Where the American People and Their Civilization Came From Introduction 445 The Oldest Nations 446 Greece, the Land of Art and Freedom 450 How the Greeks Taught Men to be Free 456 Spread of Greek Civilization 461 When Rome Ruled the World 464