onflict and Compromise_ 58

V. _The Triumph of Jackson_ 77

VI. _Distress and Reaction_ 96

VII. _The Militant South_ 114

VIII. _War and Conquest_ 147

IX. _The Abolitionists_ 161

X. _Prosperity_ 184

XI. _American Culture_ 208

XII. _Stephen A. Douglas_ 231

XIII. _Abraham Lincoln_ 251

XIV. _The Appeal to Arms_ 268

XV. _One Nation or Two?_ 289

XVI. _The Collapse of the Confederacy_ 309

_Index_ i

MAPS

_The Presidential Election of_ 1828 _between_ 18 _and_ 19

_Distribution of Indians and Location of Indian
Lands and Unorganized Territory of
the United States or the States_ 26

_The Distribution of Industrial Plants in_ 1833 49

_The Vote in the House of Representatives on
the Tariff of_ 1832 _in Eastern and Western
States_ _between_ 66 _and_ 67

_Growth of the West and Removal of Indians
from Cotton, Tobacco, and First Western
Grain Belts_ 88

_The Presidential Election of_ 1836 _between_ 92 _and_ 93

_Tobacco Areas in_ 1840 133

_Cotton Areas in_ 1840 134

_Wheat Areas in_ 1840 139

_The Presidential Election of_ 1844 _between_ 148 _and_ 149

_Annexations of_ 1845-53 159

_Location of Abolition Societies in_ 1847 169

_The Presidential Election of_ 1852 _between_ 180 _and_ 181

_The Industrial Belt of_ 1860 188

_Railroads in Operation_, 1850 190

_Railroads in Operation_, 1860