The Antebellum Era: Primary Documents on Events from 1820 to 1860

Author David A. Copeland

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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Author

David A. Copeland

Publisher

Greenwood Publishing Group

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Copyright

2003

ISBN13

9780313058332

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Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Discusses how America's pre-civil war press covered important national issues and events of the day. Using editorials, letters, essays, and news reports that appeared throughout the country, it reveals how editors, politicians, and other Americans used the press to influence opinion.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Series Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Chronology of Events.
1: Introduction: Newspapers and Antebellum America.
2: The Missouri Compromise, 1820.
3: Support for the Compromise.
Joseph Gales and W.W. Seaton: "Missouri Question Settled".
Chester Miner: "Missouri".
An Anonymous Report: "The Missouri Bill".
Montford Stokes: "Missouri Question".
4: Opposition to the Compromise.
An Anonymous Report: "Slavery".
An Anonymous Report: "Evils We Cannot Contemplate".
Theodore Dwight: "Slavery".
Thomas Ritchie: "Missouri Question—Settled!".
An Anonymous Report: "Missouri Question".
An Anonymous Report: "Missouri".
Questions.
Notes.
5: The Back-to-Africa Movement, 1822.
6: For Colonization.
Robert G. Harper: "Colonization of the Blacks".
John Russwurm: "Liberia".
William Abels: "Colony of Liberia".
Managers, American Colonization Society: "Address".
7: Against Colonization.
An Anonymous Report: "American Colonization Society".
A Colored Baltimorean: "To the Editor".
An Anonymous Report: "New Jersey".
Gamaliel Bailey: "Candid".
An Anonymous Report: "The African Colony at Liberia".
Questions.
Notes.
8: The Monroe Doctrine, 1823.
9: Support for the Doctrine.
Thomas Ritchie: "The President's Message".
George Goodwin: "President's Message".
10: Opposition to the Doctrine.
Crantor: "Maintaining Our Own Rights".
An Anonymous Report: "House of Commons".
Questions.
Notes.
11: The Elections of 1824 and 1828.
12: Support for Jackson.
Richard Penn Smith: "The Hero of Orleans".
John Norvell: "A Violation of Principle"
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