Introductory material
Reading edition
Chapters.
I. Preface
II. Government Monarchy Absolute Limited Aristocracy Democracy Republic Popular Government
III. Functions of Government Necessary Optional
IV. Colonial Governments: Their Relation to Each Other, and to England Provincial Proprietary Charter
V. Steps Toward Union—Articles of Confederation New England Confederation Albany Convention Stamp Act Congress First Continental Congress Second Continental Congress Articles of Confederation Elements Tending to Separation and to Union Purposes of the Confederation Scheme of Government under the Articles Defects of the Articles
VI. Adoption of the Constitution The Constitutional Convention Arguments For and Against Adoption
VII. Presidential Succession
VIII. Election of Senators
IX. Congressional Government
X. Cabinet and Executive Departments State Department Treasury Department War Department Navy Department Interior Department Commissioner of Land Office Commissioner of Pensions Commissioner of Patents Commissioner of Indian Affairs Bureau of Education Commissioner of Railroads Geological Survey Superintendent of the Census Post Office Department Department of Justice Department of Agriculture Department of Labor Interstate Commerce Commission Fish Commission Civil Service Commission Government Printing Office National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and Bureau of Ethnology Librarian of Congress
XI. The Federal Judiciary Federal Judicial System District Courts Circuit Courts Jurisdiction
XII. Ordinance for Government of the Northwest Territory
XIII. Government of Territories Admission of a Territory as a State
XIV. State Governments State Constitutions State Legislatures State Executives State Judiciary
XV. Local Government In New England In the South In the West
XVI. City Government
XVII. Government Revenue and Expenditure Federal Government State and Local Taxes Expenditures Maryland Baltimore
XVIII. Money Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates Silver Dollars and Silver Certificates Subsidiary and Minor Coins Treasury Notes Notes of National Banks
XIX. Public Lands of the United States Educational Grants Land Bounties for Military and Naval Service Land Grants to States for Internal Improvement Sale of Public Land Under Pre-emption Acts Under Homestead Acts Under Timber Culture Act Certain Lands to States Grants to Pacific and other Railroads
XX. Reconstruction
XXI. Party Machinery
XXII. National Conventions and Presidential Campaigns History and Development of the National Convention Method of Procedure
XXIII. Introduction to the Study of the History of Political Parties in the United States
Bibliographical Note