om's Cabin," 136

Union, urgent need for, 41-42;
difficulties of, 43;
achieved, 51;
Western feeling for, 72;
Jackson's devotion to the, 100;
Clay called upon to save the, 125;
Abolitionists hostile to the, 133, 136;
South Carolina's view of the, 157;
Lincoln declares perpetual, 168;
calls for soldiers to defend the, 174

United States, Constitution framed for, _42 et seq._;
neutrality of, 59;
enthusiasm for France in, 60;
Louisiana purchased by, 68;
war with Great Britain, 79;
Great Britain makes peace with, 83;
feeling of victory in, 84;
Florida acquired by, 87;
European intervention in America declared unfriendly to, 88;
Monroe Doctrine essential to, 88-89;
Jackson's importance for, 108;
claims of, to Oregon, 117;
Texas desires to join, 118;
dispute between Mexico and, 120;
successful in war against Mexico, 122;
California, etc., acquired by, 122;
secessions from, 158, 161, 176;
anger in Great Britain with, 183;
protests of, in _Alabama_ case, 192;
compensation paid to, 192;
Napoleon III. avoids conflict with, 214;
immigration problems in, 230-231;
labour movement in, 233-234;
attitude of, towards European War, 237-238;
declares war, 239;
contrast between Prussia and, 239

Vallandingham, a typical "Copperhead," 194;
sent across Confederate lines, 195

Van Buren, accuses Calhoun of conspiring against Eaton, 98;
fears power of U.S. Bank in New York, 104;
reports Palmerston on Jackson, 108;
President, 110;
avoids war with Great Britain, 111

Vermont, a Puritan Colony, 5;
refuses invitation to Hartford Convention, 81

Vice-President, how chosen, 46;
change in method of choosing, 67;
Calhoun, 97;
Tyler, 114;
unimportance of, 114;
Johnson, 200;
Roosevelt, 235

Vicksburg, capture of, 196

Vikings, unimportance of, 2

Virginia, foundation of, 3-4;
opposition to Stamp Act in, 16;
sends Jefferson to Continental Congress, 20;
invaded by British forces, 34;
Jefferson's reforms in, 36 _et seq._;
fails to adopt his plan regarding Slavery, 41;
slave insurrection in, 130;
legislature of, discusses slavery, 130;
John Brown plans slave rising in, 152;
rejects Secession, 171;
objects to coercion of a State, 174-175;
secedes from the Union, 176;
joins Confederacy, 176;
invaded, 180, 186, 187, 192, 198

War of 1812, 79-84;
effect of, 84, 87

War of Independence, 25-35

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