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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Indian affairs and the administrative state in the nineteenth century Indian affairs and the administrative state in the nineteenth century Stephen J. Rockwell "The framers of the Constitution and the generations that followed built a powerful and intrusive national administrative state in the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The romantic myth of a… OL16964655W
Manifest destiny and the new nation (1803-1859) Manifest destiny and the new nation (1803-1859) Salem Press Contains primary source documents. OL19666390W
Cast in deathless bronze Cast in deathless bronze Donald Tunnicliff Rice "In 1898, when war with Spain seemed inevitable, Andrew Summers Rowan, an American army lieutenant from West Virginia, was sent on a secret mission to Cuba. He was to meet with General Calixto García… OL20060205W
John Charles Frémont John Charles Frémont Charles W. Maynard A brief biography of the man who helped open the way west to California and was later elected as a United States Senator from that state. OL5823429W
The Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase Magdalena Alagna Explains the events surrounding the Louisiana Purchase, through which President Jefferson acquired enough land to make the United States one of the largest nations in the world. OL5953590W
The Indian Removal Act The Indian Removal Act Mark Stewart When the United States won its freedom from Great Britain, colonies became states, subjects became citizens, and the nation's leaders faced a complex question: How did the native people of the United… OL8200107W