Historical Dictionary of the Old South

Publisher Scarecrow Press

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2005

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9780810859258

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9th Grade - College Senior

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Being considerably different from other regions of the country, most notably regarding its fervent practice of slavery, the land South of the Mason-Dixon line, because of slavery, enjoyed an exceptional prominence in politics, and after the invention of the cotton gin, a high degree of prosperity. However, also because of slavery, it was alienated from the rest of the nation, attempted to secede from the union, and was forced back in only after it lost the Civil War.
Numerous cross-referenced entries on prominent individuals, including Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln, as well as others on policies of the time that have since slipped into oblivion are all covered in this book. Economic, social and religious backgrounds trace the seemingly inevitable path to secession, war and defeat. This reference also includes an introductory essay, a chronology and a bibliography of the epoch.
About the Author:
William L. Richter is a retired businessman turned historian, who has written a half dozen books and over two dozen scholarly articles and book reviews emphasizing the Antebellum South, the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Front Cover.
Historical Dictionaries of U.S. Historical Eras.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Editor's Foreword.
Chronology.
Introduction.
1: Ableman v. Booth (1859).
2: Abolition of Slavery in the North.
3: Abolitionists.
4: Adams, John (1735–1826).
5: Adams, John Quincy (1767–1848).
6: Adams-Onís Treaty.
7: Alien and Sedition Acts.
8: American Colonization Society.
9: American Party.
10: American System.
11: Amistad Case (1841).
12: Anglo-American Rapprochement (1816–1823).
13: Antelope Case (1825).
14: Anti-Federalists.
15: Anti-Slavery.
16: Articles of Confederation.
17: Baltimore Plot (1861).
18: Bank of the United States.
19: Bank Veto.
20: Bank War.
21: Bell, John (1797–1869).
22: Benjamin, Judah P. (1811–1884).
23: Benton, Thomas Hart (1782–1858).
24: Black Codes.
25: Breckinridge, John C. (1821–1875).
26: Brooks, Preston S. (1819–1857).
27: Brown, Albert Gallatin (1813–1880).
28: Buchanan, James (1791–1868).
29: Burr, Aaron (1756–1836).
30: Calhoun, John C. (1782–1850).
31: Canadian Boundary Dispute.
32: Cass, Lewis (1782–1866).
33: Charleston Plot (1822).
34: Church and Religion.
35: Clay, Cassius M. (1810–1903).
36: Clay, Henry (1777–1852).
37: Cobb, Howell (1815–1868).
38: Colonization.
39: Compensated Emancipation.
40: Compromise of 1808.
41: Compromise of 1850.
42: Concurrent Voice and Nullification.
43: Confederate Government.
44: Constitution, Confederate.
45: Constitution, U.S., and Slavery.
46: Constitutional Union Party (1860).
47: Corn.
48: Corwin Committee of Thirty-Three.
49: Cotton, Sea Island.
50: Cotton, Upland.
51: Cotton Gin.
52: Creole Case (1842).
53: Crittenden, John J. (1887–1863).
54: Crittenden Committee of Thirteen.
55: Dalonega Gold Rush.
56: Davis, Henry Winter (1817–1865).
57: Davis, Je
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