Expansion and Conflict [Textbook Binding]

William E. Dodd (Author)

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Publication Date: June 2015

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III THR EAST When the West under the guidance and tutelage of Jackson, Calhoun, and Benton took possession of the national administration in 1829, the older and more cultured elements and classes of the East trembled for their country and for the institutions they held dear. The day was dark to John Quincy Adams and his followers, not only because they had been deprived of power, but because the rural sections of the East, the towns and villages which had been active and prosperous from 1783 to 1807, showed almost as many signs of stagnation and premature decay as did the Old Dominion, where public men were in a state of alarm and dismay. For fifteen years the highways of New York and Pennsylvania had borne their burden of New England emigrants, laden with their meager belongings, as they journeyed westward to the Mohawk country, western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and other rising communities of the West. Between 1820 and 1830 the population of New England as a whole increased but slightly, while in many counties of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut there was an actual decline. Ambitious young men or discouraged heads of families moved northeastward to the freer lands of Maine or to the Far West, without seeming love for the older haunts or thought for the fortunes ofthe Commonwealths which had given them birth. And New York, whose population increased from 1,400,000 in 1820 to 2,400,000 in 1840, drew heavily upon her eastern neighbors; Pennsylvania, of more steady habits, drew less from New England than her immediate neighbors, though both New York and Pennsylvania gave freely to the West. There was thus a steady drift of the people from their Eastern homes to the better opportunities of the Middle States, while from these, in turn, large numbers joined the mor...

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• Textbook Binding
• Publisher: Norwood Editions (June 2015)
• ISBN-10: 0848236661
• ISBN-13: 978-0848236663
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for the reasons behind the American Civil War., September 4, 2011

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I read this book because I had just finished reading Erik Larsen's "In the Belly of the Beast", which is about Ambassador Dodd and his family in Pre-War Germany under Hitler.

I was pleasantly surprised on issues he brought up in this book that we no longer are taught in American History about our Civil War. He is an excellent writer and breathes life into economic issues and political compromises without bias. I could not tell you what his beliefs were on this subject, which is what a good history book should do.

This is an intriguing read and should be accessed by anyone interested in the political and economic aspects of the War between the States.