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The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.
A People's History of the United States: Volume 1: American Beginnings to Reconstruction, Teaching Edition; A People's History of the United States, Vol. 2: The Civil War to the Present, Teaching Edition; A People's History of the United States: The Wall Charts; designed by Howard Zinn and George Kirschner; New Press (2007). ISBN 978-1-56584-171-0
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
A People's History of the United States; Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States; Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States; The History of the United States of America 1801–1817; Oxford History of the United States; The Penguin History of the United States of America ...
The Oxford History of the United States book series originated in the 1950s with a plan laid out by historians C. Vann Woodward and Richard Hofstadter for a multivolume history of the United States published by Oxford University Press, modeled on the Oxford History of England, that would provide a summary of the political, social, and cultural history of the United States for a general ...
The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and shipping booms, profound scientific discoveries, and the invention of ...
Peck (10 US 87 1810) marks first time U.S. Supreme Court invalidates a state legislative act; 1811 – First Bank of the United States charter expires; April 20, 1812 – Vice President Clinton dies; 1812 – War of 1812, an offshoot of the Napoleonic Wars, begins; 1812 – Daniel Webster elected to the United States Congress
Image credits: Vachon, John,, 1914-1975,, photographer. Before color photography could exist, scientists had to first understand how light and color actually work. The journey began in the 17th ...