What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States Book 5)

v. 2. The glorious cause: the American Revolution, 1763-1789 / Robert Middlekauff -- v. 6. Battle cry of freedom: the Civil War era / James M. McPherson -- v. 9. Freedom from fear: the American people in depression and war, 1929-1945 / David M. Kennedy -- v. 10. Grand expectations: the United States, 1945-1974 / James T. Patterson.;V. 10. Veterans, ethnics, blacks, women -- Unions, liberals, and the state: stalemate -- Booms -- Grand expectations about the world -- Hardening of the Cold War, 1945-1948 -- Domestic politics: Truman's first term -- Red scares abroad and at home -- Korea -- Ike -- World affairs, 1953-1956 -- The biggest boom yet -- Mass consumer culture -- Race -- A center holds, more or less, 1957-1960 -- The polarized sixties: an overview -- The new frontier at home -- JFK and the world -- Lyndon Johnson and American liberalism -- A great society and the rise of rights-consciousness -- Escalation in Vietnam -- Rights, polarization, and backlash, 1966-1967 -- The most turbulent year: 1968 -- Rancor and Richard Nixon -- Nixon, Vietnam, and the world, 1969-1974 -- End of an era? Expectations amid Watergate and recession.;V. 6. Prologue: From the Halls of Montezuma --The United States at midcentury -- Mexico will poison us -- An empire for slavery -- Slavery, rum, and Romanism -- The crime against Kansas -- Mudsills and greasy mechanics for A. Lincoln -- The Revolution of 1860 -- The counterrevolution of 1861 -- Facing both ways: the upper south's dilemma -- Amateurs go to war -- Farewell to the Ninety Days' War -- Blockade and beachhead: the Salt-water War, 1861-1862 -- The River War in 1862 -- The sinews of war -- Billy Yank's chickahominy blues -- We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued -- Carry me back to old Virginny -- John Bull's Virginia reel -- Three rivers in winter, 1862-1863 -- Fire in the rear -- Long remember: the summer of '63 -- Johnny Reb's Chattanooga blues -- When this cruel war is over -- If it takes all summer -- After four years of failure -- We are going to be wiped off the earth -- South Carolina must be destroyed -- We are all Americans -- To the shoals of victory.;V. 2. Prologue: Sustaining truths -- Obstructed giant -- Children of the twice-born -- Beginnings: from the top down -- Stamp Act crisis -- Response -- Selden's penny -- Chance and Charles Townshend -- Boston takes the lead -- "Bastards of England" -- Drift -- Resolution -- War -- "Half a war" -- Independence -- War of posts -- War of maneuver -- Revolution becomes a European war -- War in the South -- "Fugitive war" -- Inside the campaigns -- Outside the campaigns -- Yorktown and Paris -- Constitutional movement -- Children of the twice-born in the 1780s -- Constitutional Convention -- Ratification: an end and a beginning -- Epilogue: Enduring truths. Cover......Page 1 Copyright page......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 11 Contents......Page 13 Maps......Page 15 1 Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815......Page 54 2 North America in 1818......Page 62 3 Plains Indian Tribes, Early Nineteenth Century......Page 66 4 Transcontinental Treaty Line......Page 150 5 The Alaskan Aspect of the Monroe Doctrine......Page 154 6 The Erie Canal, Showing When Its Sections Were Built......Page 159 7 The Missouri Compromise, 1820......Page 193 8 The National Road and the Principal Canals of the Antebellum Period......Page 259 9 Average Time-Lag for Public Information from New York City, 1817 and 1841......Page 264 10 Land Cessions of the Five Civilized Tribes......Page 394 11 Indian Removal in the 1830s......Page 458 12 America's Railroads in 1840......Page 608 13 The Texan Revolution......Page 708 14 Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842......Page 716 15 Routes Across the Continent......Page 753 16 The Resolution of the Oregon Question, 1846......Page 756 17 The U.S.-Mexican War......Page 816 18 Scott's Campaign to Capture Mexico City......Page 826 19 The United States, Showing Territorial Acquisitions Through 1848, and as Polk Would Have Wanted It......Page 844 Tables......Page 0 Original telegraph receiver, used in Baltimore to receive Morse's message on May 24,1844......Page 25 Henry Clay in 1842, as leader of the Congressional Whig majority, advocate of the "American System."......Page 26 Lucretia Coffin Mott, Hicksite Quaker minister, abolitionist, advocate for women's rights......Page 27 Engraving of George Caleb Bingham, The County Election, shows the all-male polling place where voting would go on for two or three days to allow farmers to come in to the county seat......Page 28 Pat Lyon at the Forge, by John Neagle (1829)......Page 29 The first railroad cars sometimes resembled stagecoaches, just as the first automobiles looked like horse-drawn carriages......Page 30 John C. Calhoun, nationalist-turned-nullifier......Page 31 Osceola, Seminole warrior......Page 32 Jackson's followers saw him as defending republican virtue and his removal of federal deposits from the national bank as the destruction of a corrupt monopoly......Page 33 This drawing of the millenarian antislavery crusader Sojourner Truth appeared as the frontispiece to her autobiography......Page 34 James Knox Polk......Page 35 Zachary Taylor......Page 36 Frederick Douglass......Page 37 This engraving, based on a painting by Richard Caton Woodville, shows how eagerly the public awaited news from the front during the war......Page 38 General Winfield Scott......Page 39 William Sidney Mount's painting California News shows the improved access to information from all over the world and its effects......Page 40 2 Percentage of Females, 16–44, Among White Population, 1820......Page 174 3 Riots Reported in Niles' Register......Page 471 4 Some American Institutions of Higher Education Founded Before 1848......Page 500 Editor's Introduction......Page 17 Abbreviations Used in Citations......Page 21 Introduction......Page 41 Prologue: The Defeat of the Past......Page 48 II......Page 55 I......Page 59 II......Page 70 III......Page 84 IV......Page 90 V......Page 101 2 From the Jaws of Defeat......Page 103 II......Page 110 III......Page 119 IV......Page 129 3 An Era of Good and Bad Feelings......Page 131 II......Page 136 III......Page 147 IV......Page 156 V......Page 160 4 The World That Cotton Made......Page 165 II......Page 172 III......Page 176 IV......Page 182 V......Page 187 VI......Page 200 5 Awakenings of Religion......Page 204 II......Page 206 III......Page 210 IV......Page 216 V......Page 226 VI......Page 235 VII......Page 237 VIII......Page 241 6 Overthrowing the Tyranny of Distance......Page 243 II......Page 251 III......Page 262 IV......Page 275 V......Page 277 VI......Page 281 7 The Improvers......Page 283 II......Page 284 III......Page 291 IV......Page 300 V......Page 306 VI......Page 310 VII......Page 315 8 Pursuing the Millennium......Page 325 II......Page 329 III......Page 332 IV......Page 344 V......Page 352 VII......Page 359 VIII......Page 363 9 Andrew Jackson and His Age......Page 368 II......Page 375 III......Page 382 IV......Page 397 Federal Government Expenses for Internal Improvements, 1789–1858......Page 402 II......Page 407 III......Page 413 IV......Page 426 V......Page 435 11 Jacksonian Democracy and the Rule of Law......Page 451 II......Page 452 III......Page 454 IV......Page 463 V......Page 470 VI......Page 479 12 Reason and Revelation......Page 486 II......Page 489 III......Page 495 IV......Page 504 V......Page 509 VI......Page 515 13 Jackson's Third Term......Page 523 II......Page 528 III......Page 538 IV......Page 541 V......Page 548 VI......Page 552 VII......Page 556 VIII......Page 560 14 The New Economy......Page 565 II......Page 572 III......Page 586 IV......Page 592 V......Page 595 VI......Page 597 VII......Page 602 15 The Whigs and Their Age......Page 610 II......Page 628 III......Page 635 IV......Page 639 V......Page 643 VI......Page 649 VII......Page 651 16 American Renaissance......Page 653 II......Page 657 III......Page 666 IV......Page 676 V......Page 683 VI......Page 696 17 Texas, Tyler, and the Telegraph......Page 698 II......Page 711 III......Page 722 IV......Page 730 V......Page 738 18 Westward the Star of Empire......Page 741 II......Page 748 III......Page 751 IV......Page 763 V......Page 771 19 The War Against Mexico......Page 784 II......Page 792 III......Page 797 IV......Page 802 V......Page 811 VI......Page 818 20 The Revolutions of 1848......Page 832 II......Page 836 III......Page 840 IV......Page 851 V......Page 853 VI......Page 862 VII......Page 867 Finale: A Vision of the Future......Page 877 II......Page 889 Bibliographical Essay......Page 896 A......Page 919 B......Page 920 C......Page 922 D......Page 924 E......Page 925 F......Page 926 G......Page 927 H......Page 928 J......Page 929 L......Page 930 M......Page 931 N......Page 933 O......Page 934 P......Page 935 Q......Page 936 R......Page 937 S......Page 938 T......Page 940 U......Page 941 V......Page 942 W......Page 943 Z......Page 944 The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. In this Pulitzer prize-winning, critically acclaimed addition to the series, historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent. A panoramic narrative, What Hath God Wrought portrays revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications that accelerated the extension of the American empire. Railroads, canals, newspapers, and the telegraph dramatically lowered travel times and spurred the spread of information. These innovations prompted the emergence of mass political parties and stimulated America's economic development from an overwhelmingly rural country to a diversified economy in which commerce and industry took their place alongside agriculture. In his story, the author weaves together political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history. Howe examines the rise of Andrew Jackson and his Democratic party, but contends that John Quincy Adams and other Whigs--advocates of public education and economic integration, defenders of the rights of Indians, women, and African-Americans--were the true prophets of America's future. In addition, Howe reveals the power of religion to shape many aspects of American life during this period, including slavery and antislavery, women's rights and other reform movements, politics, education, and literature. Howe's story of American expansion culminates in the bitterly controversial but brilliantly executed war waged against Mexico to gain California and Texas for the United States. Winner of the New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize Finalist, 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction The Oxford History of the United States The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. The Atlantic Monthly has praised it as "the most distinguished series in American historical scholarship," a series that "synthesizes a generation's worth of historical inquiry and knowledge into one literally state-of-the-art book." Conceived under the general editorship of C. Vann Woodward and Richard Hofstadter, and now under the editorship of David M. Kennedy, this renowned series blends social, political, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and military history into coherent and vividly written narrative.

The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. In this Pulitzer prize-winning, critically acclaimed addition to the series, historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent. Howe's panoramic narrative portrays revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications that accelerated the extension of the American empire. Railroads, canals, newspapers, and the telegraph dramatically lowered travel times and spurred the spread of information. These innovations prompted the emergence of mass political parties and stimulated America's economic development from an overwhelmingly rural country to a diversified economy in which commerce and industry took their place alongside agriculture. In his story, the author weaves together political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history. He examines the rise of Andrew Jackson and his Democratic party, but contends that John Quincy Adams and other Whigs—advocates of public education and economic integration, defenders of the rights of Indians, women, and African-Americans—were the true prophets of America's future. He reveals the power of religion to shape many aspects of American life during this period, including slavery and antislavery, women's rights and other reform movements, politics, education, and literature. Howe's story of American expansion culminates in the bitterly controversial but brilliantly executed war waged against Mexico to gain California and Texas for the United States.

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What makes history endlessly fascinating is that there's nothing inevitable about the events that happened or the decisions made by those who helped make them happen. It all could have been different, and perhaps (upon reflection) should have been. History at its best is a symphony of views adopted or discarded, but its music can still be heard by those who listen closely.

The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. In this Pulitzer prize-winning, critically acclaimed addition to the series, historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent. Howe's panoramic narrative portrays revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications that accelerated the extension of the American empire. Railroads, canals, newspapers, and the telegraph dramatically lowered travel times and spurred the spread of information. These innovations prompted the emergence of mass political parties and stimulated America's economic development from an overwhelmingly rural country to a diversified economy in which commerce and industry took their place alongside agriculture. In his story, the author weaves together political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history. He examines the rise of Andrew Jackson and his Democratic party, but contends that John Quincy Adams and other Whigs--advocates of public education and economic integration, defenders of the rights of Indians, women, and African-Americans--were the true prophets of America's future. He reveals the power of religion to shape many aspects of American life during this period, including slavery and antislavery, women's rights and other reform movements, politics, education, and literature. Howe's story of American expansion culminates in the bitterly controversial but brilliantly executed war waged against Mexico to gain California and Texas for the United States. Winner of the New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize Finalist, 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction As part of the Oxford History of the United States series, this volume is a portrait of an era that saw dramatic transformations in American life. The author illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent. This narrative portrays revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications that accelerated the extension of the American empire. Railroads, canals, newspapers, and the telegraph dramatically lowered travel times and spurred the spread of information. These innovations prompted the emergence of mass political parties and stimulated America's economic development from an overwhelmingly rural country to a diversified economy in which commerce and industry took their place alongside agriculture. In his story, the author weaves together political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history. He examines the rise of Andrew Jackson and his Democratic party, but contends that John Quincy Adams and other Whigs, advocates of public education and economic integration, defenders of the rights of Indians, women, and African-Americans, were the true prophets of America's future. He reveals the power of religion to shape many aspects of American life during this period, including slavery and antislavery, women's rights and other reform movements, politics, education, and literature. This story of American expansion culminates in the bitterly controversial but brilliantly executed war waged against Mexico to gain California and Texas for the United States. By 1848 America had been transformed. This book provides a monumental narrative of this formative period in United States history Maps Forward Abbreviations Introduction Prologue: The Defeat of the Past The Continental Setting From the Jaws of Defeat An Era of Good and Bad Feelings The World That Cotton Made Awakenings of Religion Overthrowing the Tyranny of Distance The Improvers Pursuing the Millennium Andrew Jackson and His Age Battles over Sovereignty Jacksonian Democracy and the Rule of Law Reason and Revelation Jackson's Third Term The New Economy The Whigs and Their Age American Renaissance Texas, Tyler, and the Telegraph Westward the Star of Empire The War Against Mexico The Revolutions of 1848 Finale: A Vision of the Future Bibliographical Essay Index A panoramic history of the United States ranges from the 1815 Battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, interweaving political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history