History of the United States, Volume 4 | Page 3

Reduction of National Debt. Refunding. Surplus. Tariff. Its History
since the War. Policy of the Political Parties. Tariffs of 1890 and 1894.
Trusts. The Dollar of the Fathers. Resumption of Specie Payments. The
Promissory Greenback. Fiat Greenback Theory. And Party. Great
Strike of 1877. Labor Movement and Labor Question. Corporations.
Their Evil Influence. Counter-organizations. Growth of our Urban
Population.
* CHAPTER VIII. THE MARCH OF INDUSTRY.
Progress in Cotton Manufacturing. In Woollen, Iron, and Other. In
Travel. New Submarine Cables. First Pacific Railway. Others.
Consolidation of Railways. Electric Lighting. Brooklyn Bridge.
Elevated Railways and New Modes of Surface Traction. Telephone.
Black Friday. Chicago Fire. Boston Fire. Hard Times of 1873. Material

Betterment for Last Two Decades.
* CHAPTER IX. END OF THE PERIOD.
Contrast of New Things with Old. Postal Arrangements. Art. Extension
of Suffrage. Woman's Rights. Higher Education for Women. Socialism
and State Socialism. Widened Scope of Governmental Action.
Restriction of Immigration. Catholics. Their Attitude to Public Schools.
Peril to Family. Mormonism. Divorce. Danger from a Secular Spirit.
New Sense of Nationality. Benign Results. Greely Expedition to Polar
Regions. Lesson of our National Success to Other Nations. Our
Nation's Duty in World Affairs.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE WORLD'S FAIR AT CHICAGO. CENTRAL PORTION OF
MACMONNIES FOUNTAIN--EFFECT OF ELECTRIC LIGHT.
GENERAL JOHN POPE.
GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN.
THE BATTLE OF THE RAMS AT MEMPHIS, JUNE 6, 1862.
FARRAGUT IN THE MAIN-RIGGING. (From the original by
William Page).
GENERAL HENRY W. HALLECK.
GENERAL WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS.
GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS.
GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER.
THE BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. (The "Battle above the
Clouds ").

GENERAL JAMES B. McPHERSON.
GENERAL DAVID D. PORTER.
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE.
GENERAL NATHANIEL P. BANKS.
GENERAL J. E. B. STUART'S RAID UPON POPE'S
HEADQUARTERS.
AUGUST 22, 1862, WHEN POPE'S DESPATCH-BOOK FELL INTO
THE HANDS OF THE CONFEDERATES.
GENERAL THOMAS J. ("STONEWALL") JACKSON.
GENERAL EDWIN V. SUMNER.
GENERAL WINFIELD S. HANCOCK.
GENERAL AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE.
THE STONE WALL AT FREDERICKSBURG.
GENERAL OLIVER O. HOWARD.
GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK.
GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET.
GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE.
DEATH OF GENERAL SEDGWICK AT SPOTTSYLVANIA, MAY
9, 1864.
GENERAL DAVID HUNTER.
GENERAL LEE SIGNING THE TERMS OF SURRENDER AT
APPOMATTOX COURT-HOUSE.

GIDEON WELLES.
THE SINKING OF THE FRIGATE CUMBERLAND BY THE
MERRIMAC IN HAMPTON ROADS, MARCH 8, 1862.
JOHN ERICSSON.
SECTIONAL VIEW OF MONITOR THROUGH TURRET AND
PILOT-HOUSE.
THE ORIGINAL MONITOR.
THE SINKING OF THE ALABAMA.
THE LANDING OF THE ALLIED TROOPS AT VERA CRUZ.
MAXIMILIAN WATCHING THE DEPARTURE OF THE LAST
FRENCH TROOPS FROM THE CITY OF MEXICO.
SALMON PORTLAND CHASE, SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
FACSIMILE OF A PORTION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S DRAFT
OF THE PRELIMINARY PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION,
SEPTEMBER, 1862. (From the original in the Library of the State of
New York, Albany).
EDWIN M. STANTON.
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
SAMUEL J. TILDEN. (After a pastel by Sarony in the house at
Gramercy Park).
JAMES A. GARFIELD.
JAMES G. BLAINE.
PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND.

A FACSIMILE PUT IN EVIDENCE BEFORE THE
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
THE MOUTH OF THE MIAMI RIVER, FLORIDA.
THE SITE OF CHICAGO.
AN OHIO RIVER FLAT-BOAT.
AN IRRIGATED ORANGE GROVE AT RIVERSIDE,
CALIFORNIA.
THE IRRIGATING RESERVOIR AT WALNUT GROVE, ARIZONA,
SHOWING THE ARTIFICIAL LAKE PARTLY FILLED.
AT THE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, PHILADELPHIA, 1876.
THE AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP ST. LOUIS, LAUNCHED
FROM THE CRAMPS DOCKS, NOVEMBER 12, 1894. (554 feet
long, 11,000 tons, and 20,000 horse-power).
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
THE BIG LOOP ON THE GEORGETOWN BRANCH OF THE
UNION PACIFIC, COLORADO.
CHARLES F. BRUSH.
MOSES G. FARMER.
THOMAS A. EDISON.
THE HOOSAC TUNNEL LIT BY GLOW LAMPS, AFTER THE
PLAN OF THE MARR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
EDISON'S PLATINUM LAMP ON CARBON SUPPORT, 1879.
EDISON'S PAPER CARBON LAMP.

EDISON'S FIRST INCANDESCENT PLATINUM LAMP.
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, LOOKING UP THE EAST RIVER.
THE MANHATTAN ELEVATED RAILWAY, NEW YORK.
UNDER SIDE OF A MODERN SWITCHBOARD, SHOWING 2,000
TELEGRAPH WIRES.
PROFESSOR BELL SENDING THE FIRST MESSAGE, BY
LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE, FROM NEW YORK TO
CHICAGO.
THE NEW YORK GOLD ROOM ON "BLACK FRIDAY,"
SEPTEMBER 24,1869.
A SCENE DURING THE CHICAGO FIRE.
CATCHING THE MAIL POUCH FROM THE CRANE.
IGLOOS, OR ESQUIMAU HUTS.
A. W. GREELY.

LIST OF MAPS
THE CONFEDERATE LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO BOWLING
GREEN.
FORT HENRY.
FORT DONELSON.
NEW MADRID AND ISLAND NUMBER TEN.
MEMPHIS TO IUKA, 1862.
OPERATIONS IN LOUISIANA. FEBRUARY TO JULY, 1863.

ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH.
THE BATTLE-FIELD OF NASHVILLE.
MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA.
JACKSON'S ATTACK ON HOWARD, MAY 1, 1863.
DIAGRAM OF THE ATTACK ON SICKLES AND SYKES.
THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
GENERAL EARLY'S MARYLAND CAMPAIGN.
GRANT'S PURSUIT OF LEE, APRIL, 1865.
MAP OF HAMPTON ROADS.

PERIOD IV.
CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (Continued)
1860-1868
CHAPTER V.
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
The North conducted the war upon three great lines of campaign: 1.
The Western campaigns, to clear the Mississippi River and thus divide
the Confederacy. 2. The campaigns in the centre, to