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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE:
Northern Agitation and the Roots of Disunion

CHAPTER ONE
The Evolution of the Federalist Faction
Supporting Document:
George Washington's Farewell Address
Supplementary Essay:
An Iconoclastic View of the Constitution

CHAPTER TWO
Early Tensions Between North and South
Supporting Document:
Josiah Quincy's Speech in Opposition to the Bill for the Admission of Louisiana
Supplementary Essay:
The Turbulence of Boston and Its Effect on New England

CHAPTER THREE
A Brief History of the African Slave Trade
Supplementary Essay:
The Bible View of Slavery
Supplementary Essay:
The African Slave Trade

CHAPTER FOUR
The "Higher Law" of Abolitionism
Supporting Document:
Report on the Delivery of Abolition Materials in the Southern States
Supplementary Essay:
The Myth of Abolition in the Northern States

CHAPTER FIVE
The Negro and the Territorial Dispute
Supporting Document:
Excerpts From Dred Scott v. John F.A. Sandford
Supplementary Essay:
The History of the Dred Scott Decision

CHAPTER SIX
Racial Attitudes in the North and South
Supporting Document:
John C. Calhoun's Speech in the United States Senate
Supplementary Essay:
Religion and the Demise of Slavery

PART TWO:
Abraham Lincoln and the Birth of a Modern Empire

CHAPTER SEVEN
State Sovereignty and the Right of Secession
Supporting Document:
John C. Calhoun's Response to Daniel Webster
Supplementary Essay:
The Constitutional Right of Secession

CHAPTER EIGHT
The Departure of the Southern States
Supporting Document:
Ordinances of Secession of the Southern States
Supporting Document:
Declarations of the Causes of Secession of the Southern States
Supplementary Essay:
On the Permanence of the Union

CHAPTER NINE
The Economic Background of the War
Supporting Document:
Col. John B. Baldwin's Testimony Regarding His Interview With Abraham Lincoln
Supplementary Essay:
The True Purpose of the Civil War

CHAPTER TEN
Hostilities Commence in the Charleston Harbor
Supporting Document:
General G.P.T. Beauregard's Report on the Battle of Fort Sumter
Supplementary Essay:
The Beginning of the War Between the States

CHAPTER ELEVEN
Lincoln Circumvents the Constitution and the Laws
Supporting Document:
Abraham Lincoln's Address to Congress in Special Session
Supporting Document:
Clement Vallandigham's Response to Lincoln's Address to Congress

CHAPTER TWELVE
The Reign of Terror in the Northern States
Supporting Document:
Ex Parte Merryman
Supplementary Essay:
Magna Charta: The Foundation of American Liberties

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The Course of the War is Changed
Supporting Document:
John C. Breckinridge's Speech in the Senate
Supplementary Essay:
Executive Power

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation
Supporting Document:
Statements in the House of Representatives on the Creation of West Virginia
Supplementary Essay:
How Lincoln Secured His Re-Election

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The Seizure and Conscription of Southern Slaves
Supporting Document:
Report of General Rufus A. Saxton to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton
Supplementary Essay:
The Fidelity of the Negroes During the War

PART THREE:
The Radical Republicans and the Second American Revolution

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The Genesis of the Civil Rights Movement
Supporting Document:
Andrew Johnson's Veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill
Supporting Document:
Andrew Johnson's Veto of the Civil Rights Bill

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
The Social Effects of the War on the South
Supporting Document:
Robert Lewis Dabney's Letter to Major-General Oliver O. Howard
Supplementary Essay:
Southern Race Relations Before and After the War

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
The Military Occupation of the Southern States
Supporting Document:
Andrew Johnson's Veto of the First Reconstruction Bill
Supporting Document:
Opinion of Attorney General Henry Stanbery on the First Reconstruction Act

CHAPTER NINETEEN
The Purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment
Supporting Document:
The Unconstitutionality of the Fourteenth Amendment
Supplementary Essay:
There is No "Fourteenth Amendment"

PART FOUR:
The Triumph of Democratic Socialism in the Twentieth Century

CHAPTER TWENTY
The "New Nation" Enters the First World War
Supporting Document:
George William Norris' Speech in the Senate
Supplementary Essay:
Imperatorial Sovereignty

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
The Deception of Roosevelt's "New Deal"
Supporting Document:
Louis T. McFadden's Speech in the House of Representatives
Supplementary Essay:
Executive Control of the Social and Economic Life of the States

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
The Nature of the Federal Reserve System
Supporting Document:
Louis T. McFadden's Speech in the House of Representatives
Supplementary Essay:
The Unconstitutionality of the National Debt

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
The Socialist Utopia of Federal Insurance
Supporting Document:
Daniel Reed's Speech in the House of Representatives
Supplementary Essay:
The Redistribution of Power From Society to the State

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
A Permanent State of National Emergency
Supporting Document:
Emergency Powers Statutes
Supplementary Essay:
An Essay on Constitutional Dictatorship

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
The Cold War in the United States
Supporting Document:
The Original Draft of the Declaration of Independence
Supplementary Essay:
A Treatise on Military Government

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX ONE
The Cult of Lincoln

APPENDIX TWO
The Right of Revolution

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PART ONE: Northern Agitation and the Roots of Disunion

PART TWO: Abraham Lincoln and the Birth of a Modern Empire

PART THREE: The Radical Republicans and the Second American Revolution

PART FOUR: The Triumph of Democratic Socialism in the Twentieth Century

PART ONE:
Northern Agitation and the Roots of Disunion

PART TWO:
Abraham Lincoln and the Birth of a Modern Empire

PART THREE:
The Radical Republicans and the Second American Revolution

PART FOUR:
The Triumph of Democratic Socialism in the Twentieth Century