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Chapter Viii. Material Progress

History of the United States, Volume 3 · Elisha Benjamin Andrews — chapter 16 of 40 · ~40 words · public domain

Population and Economic Prosperity. Growth of the West. Indian Outbreaks. Improvements farther East. Canals and Railroads. The Steam Horse in the West. Morse's Telegraph. Ocean Cables. Minor Inventions. Petroleum. Financial Crisis of 1857.

PERIOD IV

CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

1860-1868

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