Category: History - Other
_Formerly Professor of History in Syracuse University, Author of "Method in History," "A Working Manual of American History," "A School History of the United States," "Lincoln: The Man of the People," and "Washington: A Virginia Cavalier"_
Even before the invasions began, missionaries went among the German tribes on the frontiers to preach the religion of Christ. Many of the Germans had accepted the new religion e...
30. Part 30=255. Irrigation Systems of the Egyptians.= In a great many parts of western United States where little rain falls, how do farmers and gardeners get water for their plants? "Irr...
29. Part 29=239. The War's Nameless Heroes.= All these great preparations at home were more businesslike than they were stirring and warlike. They meant a great change in the life of the w...
31. Part 31=273. Why Alexander Failed.= Alexander's army made its way to India. But its great general, now only thirty-two, was drunk with power. He even permitted the people he conquered...
28. Part 28Only a few years ago almost all the cotton grown in the South was shipped away, either to Europe or to New England. In Massachusetts and Rhode Island cotton mills employ more pe...
24. Part 24=Study Questions.= _1._ Describe McKinley's boyhood surroundings and what he liked to do. _2._ What made him fall ill? _3._ How did he answer Lincoln's call for troops? _4._ Wha...
27. Part 27From her seventeenth birthday until she met Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony had been engaged in teaching school. But now the great national questions of anti-slavery and temperance w...
7. Part 7=52. Peter Stuyvesant.= This sturdy son of Holland was born at a time when his country was fighting hard against Spain for independence. His father was a minister, who, it may b...
21. Part 21=158. The Backwoodsman Who Became President.= Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, February 12, 1809. His parents were so poor that they hardly knew that they were poor. When h...
25. Part 25The first railway engine in the United States was built in 1830. Such engines had been in use in England for some time. The earliest railroads were very short. Seven companies o...
8. Part 8=59. The Carolina and Georgia Planters.= The colonial farms south of Virginia lay mostly in a narrow strip near the sea. Inland were the "pine barrens," a poor, sandy country gr...
16. Part 16After the war was over and England had taken her armies home, Congress sent Thomas Jefferson as minister to France (1785). The French people liked Jefferson very much, because,...
15. Part 15Governor Henry was heart and soul for Clark's plan. He made Clark a colonel, gave him six thousand dollars in paper money, and ordered him to raise an army to defend Kentucky.
19. Part 19He had become a famous hunter and fighter. He thought he would try politics next. Instead of making political speeches, he went about from place to place telling stories. The pe...
6. Part 6Many poor people in England wanted to come to America, but had no money. To pay for the cost of bringing them over, these people were forced to work for the planters, often for...
2. Part 2=4. New Friends of America.= Disappointed and discouraged, after several years of weary waiting, Columbus set out on foot to try his fortunes in France. One day while passing al...
26. Part 26In England one hundred years ago a few of these "steamers" were run as stage coaches. They were noisy, clumsy "steamers" and always likely to explode. They were not popular, and...
12. Part 12=87. The Boston Tea Party.= When the ships carrying this cheaper tea arrived in Boston, Samuel Adams set a guard of armed men to keep the tea from being landed.
18. Part 18A patent must now be had and the telegraph must be so improved that they could show it to a committee of Congress. It was arranged that Vail and a mechanic by the name of Baxter...
11. Part 11=79. Franklin's Part in the Revolution.= Already we have seen that England and her colonies were beginning to quarrel. What wiser man could be sent to England to defend the colo...
14. Part 14=Study Questions.= _1._ Give an account of John Paul's boyhood. _2._ What of his first visit to America? _3._ How did Paul happen, at so early an age, to have full charge of a v...
20. Part 20In 1824, before there was a Whig party, Clay ran for president, but was beaten. Again in 1832, just as the new party was being formed, he ran a second time. Although he was beat...
5. Part 5The chief showed Hudson his palace of bark, and spread a feast of roasted pigeons and other Indian food before him. In spite of such kind treatment, Hudson would not stay over n...
10. Part 10=72. The Winter at Valley Forge.= After the battle at Brandywine Creek the British slowly made their way to Philadelphia. Washington took post for the winter at Valley Forge, on...
23. Part 23We can see now that the return of good feeling between the North and the South was necessary, but it was not so easily seen then. Now we can say that President Hayes was a noble...
4. Part 4The little ship continued northward. Hoping for a northeast passage to the Atlantic, Drake sailed along the coast as far as what was afterward known as the Oregon country. But t...
17. Part 17After attacking and capturing Pensacola, a Spanish fort which the English occupied, he hurried his army on to New Orleans. Nothing had been done to defend the city. Jackson imme...
13. Part 13As soon as Tarleton's men came in sight they charged pellmell, thinking victory an easy matter. The militia and sharpshooters poured in their fire not twice, but several times,...
9. Part 9Within a month Washington was back with maps and figures showing what lands belonged to Lord Fairfax. Few men could have done better, and a warm friendship grew up between this...
22. Part 22=166. The Progress of Reconstruction.= Contentment of mind and regular, peaceful growth of trade and business did not return to the South until long after Johnson's presidency....
3. Part 3But Coronado was after gold and silver, and cared nothing for beautiful and interesting scenes. Disappointed, he turned southward and in 1542, after three years of wandering, re...
34. Part 34=Edison, Thomas A.=, 380-385, 387; boyhood of, 380-381; experiments in telegraphy, 381; receives $40,000 for his inventions, 382; portrait of, 382; builds his first laboratory i...
1. Part 1_Formerly Professor of History in Syracuse University, Author of "Method in History," "A Working Manual of American History," "A School History of the United States," "Lincoln:...
33. Part 33=Study Questions.= _1._ Why did the Danes go to England? _2._ Tell all the anecdotes about Alfred the Great. _3._ Prove that he was a good man. _4._ Why did the Normans invade E...
35. Part 35=Oregon Country=, Lewis and Clark Expedition sent to, 237, 243; sought by fur traders and missionaries, 243-244; United States and Great Britain occupy, 244; northern boundary o...