THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
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The Northmen Discover the New World
Leif Ericson, Who Discovered Vinland 1
Early Explorers in America
Christopher Columbus, the First Great Man in American History 2
Ponce de Leon, Who Sought a Marvelous Land and Was Disappointed 17
Cortés, Who Found the Rich City of Mexico 18
Pizarro, Who Found the Richest City in the World 23
Coronado, Who Penetrated Southwestern United States but Found Nothing but Beautiful Scenery 24
De Soto, the Discoverer of the Mississippi 24
Magellan, Who Proved that the World Is Round 28
The Men Who Made America Known to England and Who Checked the Progress of Spain
John Cabot also Searches for a Shorter Route to India and Finds the Mainland of North America 34
Sir Francis Drake, the English "Dragon," Who Sailed the Spanish Main and Who "Singed the King of Spain's Beard" 37
Sir Walter Raleigh, the Friend of Elizabeth, Plants a Colony in America to Check the Power of Spain 42
The Men Who Planted New France in America, Founded Quebec, Explored the Great Lake Region, and Penetrated the Mississippi Valley
Samuel de Champlain, the Father of New France 49
Joliet and Marquette, Fur Trader and Missionary, Explore the Mississippi Valley for New France 53
What the Dutch Accomplished in the Colonization of the New World
Henry Hudson, Whose Discoveries Led Dutch Traders to Colonize New Netherland 54
Famous People in Early Virginia
John Smith the Savior of Virginia, and Pocahontas its Good Angel 60
Lord Baltimore, in a Part of Virginia, Founds Maryland as a Home for Persecuted Catholics and Welcomes Protestants 68
Industries, Manners, and Customs of First Settlers of Virginia 71
Pilgrims and Puritans in New England
Miles Standish, the Pilgrim Soldier, and the Story of "Plymouth Rock" 73
John Winthrop, the Founder of Boston; John Eliot, the Great English Missionary; and King Philip, an Indian Chief the Equal of the White Man 81
Industries, Manners, and Customs 85
The Men Who Planted Colonies for Many Kinds of People
Peter Stuyvesant, the Great Dutch Governor 87
Manners and Customs of New Netherland 91
William Penn, the Quaker, Who Founded the City of Brotherly Love 92
Quaker Ways in Old Pennsylvania 98
James Oglethorpe, the Founder of Georgia as a Home for English Debtors, as a Place for Persecuted Protestants, and as a Barrier against the Spaniards 100
Industries, Manners, and Customs of the Southern Planters 103
Robert Cavelier de la Salle, Who Followed the Father of Waters to its Mouth, and Established New France from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico
La Salle Pushed Forward the Work Begun by Joliet and Marquette 106
The Men of New France 113
George Washington, the First General and First President of the United States
The "Father of His Country" 115
The Man Who Helped Win Independence by Winning the Hearts of Frenchmen for America
Benjamin Franklin, the Wisest American of His Time 147
Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams, Famous Men of the Revolution, Who Defended America with Tongue and Pen
Patrick Henry, the Orator of the Revolution 158
Samuel Adams, the Firebrand of the Revolution 167
The Men Who Fought for American Independence with Gun and Sword
Nathan Hale 179
Generals Greene, Morgan, and Marion, the Men Who Helped Win the South from the British 182
The Men Who Helped Win Independence by Fighting England on the Sea
John Paul Jones, a Scotchman, Who Won the Great Victory in the French Ship, Bon Homme Richard 194
John Barry, Who Won More Sea Fights in the Revolution than Any Other Captain 199
The Men Who Crossed the Mountains, Defeated the Indians and British, and Made the Mississippi River the Western Boundary of the United States
Daniel Boone, the Hunter and Pioneer of Kentucky 202
John Sevier, "Nolichucky Jack" 210
George Rogers Clark, the Hero of Vincennes 216
Development of the New Republic
Eli Whitney, Who Invented the Cotton Gin and Changed the History of the South 226
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
Hannibal Tries to Conquer Rome 467
Rome Conquers the World, but Grows Wicked 469
The Roman Republic Becomes the Roman Empire 471
What Rome Gave to the World 473
The Downfall of Rome 476
The Angles and Saxons in Great Britain 478
Charles the Great, Ruler of the Franks 479
The Coming of the Northmen 483
Alfred the Great 484
The Norman Conquest 488
The Struggle for the Great Charter 490
A Pronouncing Index xi
The Index xv
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